Pradeep Nair is a Senior Professor and Director Research at Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India and is affiliated as a Senior Research Fellow in Earth System Governance Project, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. He is affiliated as an Expert with Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University in the city of New York and is a Senior Fellow and Project Lead in Environmental Policy Lab of Indo Pacific Studies Center, Sydney, Australia for the priority impact area – human development and climate change – in the areas of expertise – climate change, capacity development, governance and science to policy.