Dr.

Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI

Dr. Binaya Raj Shivakoti is a Senior Adaptation and Water Specialist. He is with IGES since 2010. He has accumulated over 15 years of experience working in water management and climate adaptation in several Asian countries from policy to grass-root level. He conducts interdisciplinary research on pressing challenges in areas of climate change adaptation and water resources management such as compound and cascading disaster risks at the local level, DRR-CCA integration, adaptation-mitigation synergies, promoting traditional/indigenous and local knowledge promotion, locally led adaptation, capacity building on climate change adaptation, sustainable groundwater management,  wastewater management (including waste-to-energy and GHG mitigation issues), and promoting river basin approach for integrated implementation of SDGs (including water supply and sanitation). He has acquired specific skills in remote sensing and GIS application, hydrological modelling, multivariate statistical analysis, participatory approaches, and computer programming. He is also active in networks such as WEPA, AP-PLAT, GRIPP, HUC etc.