Minal Pathak

About

Minal Pathak is a Senior Scientist with the Technical Support Unit of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Associate Professor at the Global Centre for Environment and Energy at Ahmedabad University. She was a co-author on two IPCC Special Reports – ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’ and ‘Climate Change and Land’ and the co-editor of IPCCs Sixth Assessment Report. She heads the South Asia Hub of the Urban Climate Change Research Network in partnership with Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Her research focuses on climate change mitigation strategies for urban settlements, transport and buildings and their co-benefits/interlinkages with development.

Employment

• Ahmedabad University Associate Professor
  2022 - Present
• Ahmedabad University Sr Scientist, IPCC WGIII TSU
  2017 - Present
• CEPT University Associate Professor
  2016 - 2017
• CEPT University Assistant Professor
  2011 - 2016

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (24)

• Just transition away from coal: Vulnerability analysis of coal districts in India
  Energy Research & Social Science 2024 DOI: 10.1016/J.ERSS.2023.103355
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• Beyond synergies: understanding SDG trade-offs, equity and implementation challenges of sectoral climate change mitigation options
  Sustainability Science 2023 DOI: 10.1007/S11625-023-01322-3
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• IPCC, 2023: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report, Summary for Policymakers. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IP…
  IPCC, Climate Change: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. 2023 DOI: 10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647.001
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• IPCC, 2023: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland
  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2023 DOI: 10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647
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• Perception, physiological and psychological impacts, adaptive awareness and knowledge, and climate justice under urban heat: A study in extremely hot-humid Chongqing, China
  Sustainable Cities and Society 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2022.103685
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• Survey of gender bias in the IPCC
  Nature 2022 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-00208-1
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• Mitigation co-benefits of climate change adaptation: A case-study analysis of eight cities
  Sustainable Cities and Society 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103563
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• Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being
  Nature Climate Change 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01219-y
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• Equity in climate scholarship: a manifesto for action
  Climate and Development 2021 DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2021.1923308
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• A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation
  Sustainable Cities and Society 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103190
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