Sasha Jattansingh

Sasha Jattansingh is the Senior Adaptation and Loss and Damage Adviser for the Caribbean at Climate Analytics as well as the Deputy Director of Climate Analytics Caribbean. She is based in Trinidad and Tobago where she works with Caribbean Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) to address critical issues related to loss and damage, adaptation, climate finance and climate justice. Sasha has over 15 years of experience in environmental and climate policy, climate finance, participatory governance, grants management, capacity building and science communication in the government, civil society and international development sectors in the Caribbean.

Prior to joining Climate Analytics, Sasha was the Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser to Antigua and Barbuda where she supported the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to strengthen its institutional and technical capacity to access and mobilise climate finance.She has also worked with the Global Green Growth Institute, the United Nations Development Programme, the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, the University of the West Indies and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago on climate change and sustainable development issues.

Sasha also co-leads the Access to Finance Working Group of the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance, which brings together civil society leaders, researchers, practitioners and activists to catalyse action and transform policy for climate justice and a just transition in the region. She is also an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) International Inequalities Institute where her research interests are focused on climate justice, loss and damage and participatory environmental governance.

Sasha holds a Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from the University of Auckland and an Honours Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Toronto. She is also a Commonwealth Scholar alumna.