Dr. Shiv Someshwar is research faculty at Columbia University, New York. At
the Earth Institute, he is the Director for Climate Policy at the Center for
Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD) and Senior Advisor for
Regional Programs at the International Research Institute for Climate and
Society (IRI). An expert in climate and development policy, Dr. Someshwar
has led numerous multidisciplinary projects that build resilience to climate
risks in developing countries. He advises governments on identifying and
implementing climate action priorities, and serves as an advisor to UNDP's
Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery to integrate climate adaptation and
disaster risk reduction efforts. He has helped develop Columbia University's graduate program in
Climate and Society, and is Adjunct
Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, he
was at the Rockefeller Foundation and at the World Bank.
Dr. Someshwar's recent publications include "Managing peatland fires in
Kalimantan: Risks, scientific interventions and policy impacts" (with R. Boer and E. Conrad), and
"Decision making for climate risk adaptation: some considerations", both in World Resources Report 2010-2011;
"Review of adaptation policies and financing in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Region",
for Fighting for Survival: The Vulnerability of America's Gulf
Coast and the Caribbean Basin, New Orleans, 2010; "Use of seasonal climate
forecasts within a shared reservoir system" (with C. Brown, E. Conrad, A.
Sankarsubramaniam and D. Elazegui), in Climate Change Adaptation in the
Water Sector (edited by F. Ludwig, P. Kabat. H. van Schaik and M. van der
Valk), London: Earthscan, 2009; Policies, Institutions and Climate Risk
Management in the Philippines (with D. Elazegui, M. J. Rabang, A.C. Rola,
and E. Conrad), University of the Philippines Los Baños, Phillipines, 2009;
and "Adaptation to Climate Change: Re-examining climate and development risks", for the UN World Economic and Social Survey, 2009.
Dr. Someshwar received his Ph.D. in environment and public policy from the
University of California, Los Angeles, and was a post-doctoral fellow at
Harvard University.
