Sonam is a Climate Action Planner with 10 years of experience in urban climate policy analysis and technical expertise in estimating emissions. During her Ph.D., she researched on localizing the Paris Agreement and designed a multi-criteria scoring tool to support city-level climate targets. She has vast experience in developing Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions inventory, and developing emissions targets and intervention actions.

• Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies Kyoto University, School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto, Japan,

• Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India

• Master of Technology in Disaster Mitigation and Management Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

• Bachelor of Architecture Government College of Architecture, Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow, India

Publications

• Howlett, M., Leong, C., & Sahu, S. Managing internal policy risk: Australia, the UK and the US compared. Policy Design and Practice. 5(2): 152:163. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2022.2065716
• Howlett, M., Leong, C., & Sahu, S. Trends in the management of policy volatility: managing internal policy risk in three OECD countries. 2022. International Journal of Public Policy (IJPP). 16(5/6): 345 – 361. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJPP.2022.127435

• Sahu, S. & Saizen, I. Implications of Climate Targets at a Local Level: The Study of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India. 2021. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 11(7): 95-107, 2021. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i730446

• Kandpal, R., Sahu, S., Chatterjee, R. Regional Plan against State Action Plan for Climate Change – Lacking or Leading? Book Chapter. In Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 70. February 2020. available at < https://novapublishers.com/shop/advances-in-environmental-research-volume-70 >

• Sahu, S. & Saizen, I. Emissions Sharing Observations from a Diverse Range of Countries. Sustainability. Vol. 11. Issue 15. 24 July 2019. < https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/15/4013 >
• Sahu, S. & Saizen, I. Allocating a cumulative carbon budget to India –results from different budgeting periods and sharing principles. Asian Journal of Environment and Ecology. Vol 8, Issue 3. 18 Jan 2019. < https://journalajee.com/index.php/AJEE/article/view/29375 >

• Sahu, S. & Saizen, I. Development of planning index for evaluating climate change protocols: Analysis of Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s Regional Plan 1996-2011. City, Territory and Architecture 5(5). 1 Aug 2018. <https://cityterritoryarchitecture.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40410-018-0082-8 >

• Kanji, R, & Sahu, S. A Study of the Effect of Building Designs on Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaption (Case study of IIT Roorkee). International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment. Vol. 4 Issue 2 April 2014(130-135). < https://www.ijrce.org/uploads/20/985_pdf.pdf >
• Sahu, S. Comparative Analysis of Potential Risk to Human Comfort in the Proceedings of the VII National Conference of Wind Engineering (NCWE 2014) at Thapar University, Patiala- 21-22 November, 2014. < http://iswe.co.in/2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/super%20final%20copy%20for%20CD.pdf >

• Pawar, A., Sahu, S., Mukherjee, M., 2015. Assessing thermal behavior of Land Use Land Cover from micro-meteorological measurements. 3rd Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering 2015 held in Singapore on 13-14 April 2015. doi: 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE15.44.

• Currently working as a Assistant Professor in Mahindra University

• Climate Action Planner, Ascent Environmental Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

• Knowledge Tools Analyst NDC Partnership, World Resources Institute, USA

• Research Associate – Climate Change National University of Singapore

• Climate Change Consultant SwissMango – 5 Elements SDG, Switzerland

• Research Assistant Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Research Assistant and Doctoral Student Kyoto University, Japan

• Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Invertis University,Bareilly, India

• Air pollution emissions threshold
• City emissions and climate action plans
• Net-zero buildings and urban areas