Chandni Singh

About

An interdisciplinary researcher specialising in climate change adaptation, multi-dimensional vulnerability, disaster management, livelihood dynamics, and natural resource management. My work sits at the interface of climate change and development in rural and urban geographies within the global South. I have led interdisciplinary, international projects such as IIED-funded ‘Long-term Impacts of Humanitarian Action in Chennai’ (2016-2017), British Academy-funded Recovery with Dignity (2018-2021), and Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture as Green Infrastructure (2019-2022).

I was Lead Author of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report in 2022 on ‘Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability’ and a Contributing Author of the IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on 1.5°C. I serve on the editorial boards of leading journals such as Regional Environmental Change, Climate and Development, and Urbanisation; am Domain Editor on ‘Vulnerability and Adaptation’ at WIREs Climate Change; and Contributing Editor with Carbon Brief.

I have previously worked in research and practice-based organisations such as the University of Reading (UK), Bioversity International (Italy), Pragya, and WWF India across South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. I have taught postgraduate level courses on climate change adaptation, sustainability, participatory research methodology, and development studies.

Employment

• Indian Institute for Human Settlements
  2014 - Present
• Bioversity International
  2014 - 2014
• Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Research Assistant
  2013 - 2013
• Pragya
  2008 - 2010

Education

• University of Reading PhD International and Rural Development
  2010 - 2014
• TERI University MSc Natural Resource Management
  2006 - 2008
• University of Delhi B.Sc. Honours Botany
  2003 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (48)

• Does urban agriculture make us healthier and happier? Examining self-reported wellbeing outcomes of home gardening in India
  Urban Studies 2026 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261466405
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• Supporting migration as a response to climate risk: precarity, adaptive capacity, and well-being dimensions
  Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2026.101682
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• How narratives shape disaster recovery: the ‘disaster representation space’ in Tamil Nadu, India
  World Development Perspectives 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2026.100766
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• Urban agriculture in India: mapping its landscape and sustainability and well-being outcomes
  Local Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2026.2643219
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• Informality and Climate Change in Cities of the Global South
  Urbanisation 2026 DOI: 10.1177/24557471261456046
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• Climate-resilient development pathways for urban areas: a multi-dimensional classification framework for India
  Environmental Research Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae7a95
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• Balancing ex-ante and ex-post approaches for Loss and Damage policy in a fragmented world
  npj Climate Action 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s44168-026-00407-w
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• Do rooftop home gardens regulate temperature? Insights on indoor heat regulation and thermal comfort in Bangalore
  Environmental Research: Climate 2026 DOI: 10.1088/2752-5295/ae4a40
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• Crisis of imagination/(re)imaginations for a (climate) crisis
  Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 2025 DOI: 10.1111/tran.70023
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• A systematic review of climate change adaptation in vegetable farming systems in Africa
  Communications Earth & Environment 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02763-7
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