Moushumi Chaudhury

Associate, Climate Resilience

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Moushumi is an Associate in the Climate Resilience Practice at the World Resources Institute (WRI). Moushumi works on developing and building capacity to use tools for adaptation decision making. She is currently working on online data sharing platforms to democratize access to climate information. She is also helping the Government of Ethiopia develop specific goals on agriculture and adaptation by using adaptation tools. In her past work at WRI, she worked with the Government of Fiji and Kenya to build readiness to apply to the Green Climate Fund by training on decision making tools. She worked in the Mekong region to capture lessons on implementing adaptation plans that integrate scientific and community understanding of adaptation. Moushumi has also developed a framework to scale up climate change adaptation projects and a framework that links vulnerability assessments to decision making processes.

Prior to joining WRI, Moushumi worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) while based in Kenya where she focused on gender and climate change, as well as training countries to apply participatory scenario development as a decision-making tool. Before CCAFS, she worked with the United Nations Development Program, Center for International Forestry Research Institute, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, BRAC Bangladesh, and the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development.

Moushumi holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. She has an MS in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a BA in Anthropology & Sociology from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Moushumi is originally from Bangladesh but considers herself a global citizen. She loves to travel and enjoys music from all over the world.

Blog Posts

From Risk to Resilience: It's Time for Business to Collaborate on Climate Change
by Moushumi Chaudhury and Eliot Metzger - March 13, 2017
WRI experts in business and climate resilience discuss how firms around the world are adapting to the megatrend of climate change.
INSIDER: Tracking Adaptation at the National Level: Making Progress in Fiji
by Ayesha Dinshaw, Moushumi Chaudhury and Geoffrey Peterson - January 17, 2017
WRI recently helped convene a workshop in Fiji to learn about tracking progress towards adaptation goals laid out after Paris.
How Do You Pick the Right Adaptation Strategy? 4 Tools Can Help
by Moushumi Chaudhury, Juan-Carlos Altamirano, Helen Ding and Erin Gray - December 15, 2016
There are a lot of ways for countries and communities to adapt to climate change. Choosing the right one can be tricky.
Q&A: How to Involve Kenya’s Local Communities in Adapting to Climate Change?
by Moushumi Chaudhury - August 02, 2016
Communities in Kenya face several disparate climate change impacts, from severe droughts in some areas to flooding in others. CARE International Adaptation Planner Phillip Oyoo explains some of the challenges and solutions to building resilience.
Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin
by Moushumi Chaudhury - May 20, 2016
People in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand are bracing themselves for heat-stressed crops, severe flooding and sea level rise. A new study assesses climate adaptation efforts in five sites across the Lower Mekong Basin.
Tres formas de ayudar a los países en desarrollo a obtener acceso directo a financiamiento climático
by Gaia Larsen, Indira Masullo and Moushumi Chaudhury - December 08, 2015
Read this post in English here.

¿Cómo pueden los países en desarrollo acceder a fondos internacionales para combatir y adaptarse al cambio climático? Ésta es una de las más importantes interrogantes que se plantea en las negociaciones...
3 Ways to Help Developing Countries Get Direct Access to Climate Finance
by Gaia Larsen, Indira Masullo and Moushumi Chaudhury - December 03, 2015
The Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund are unique in that they provide climate finance directly to national institutions in developing nations. Here’s how countries can meet the Funds’ requirements to help finance mitigation and adaptation activities.
Thinking Big on Climate Change Adaptation: Scaling Rainfed Agriculture Projects in India
by Moushumi Chaudhury, Shreyas Srivatsa and Lubaina Rangwala - August 24, 2015
Rainfed agriculture sustains millions of farmers in India, meeting 40 percent of India’s food demand. But the impact of a changing climate, including increased droughts and rising temperatures, threatens food production and farming patterns.
Adapting To Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin: 4 Steps and 4 Lessons
by Moushumi Chaudhury - June 02, 2015
Helping communities in Southeast Asia’s Lower Mekong Basin adapt to a changing climate requires a careful balancing act between scientific information and local knowledge.
Intelligent Imagining: Scenarios to Manage Water as the Climate Changes
by Moushumi Chaudhury, Paul Reig and Tien Shiao - October 23, 2014
Using Aqueduct data, participants in a recent workshop in Trifinio, Guatemala developed scenarios for decision-makers to manage water and adapt to climate change.

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Moushumi Chaudhury

From Risk to Resilience: It's Time for Business to Collaborate on Climate Change

INSIDER: Tracking Adaptation at the National Level: Making Progress in Fiji

How Do You Pick the Right Adaptation Strategy? 4 Tools Can Help

Q&A: How to Involve Kenya’s Local Communities in Adapting to Climate Change?

Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin

Tres formas de ayudar a los países en desarrollo a obtener acceso directo a financiamiento climático

3 Ways to Help Developing Countries Get Direct Access to Climate Finance

Thinking Big on Climate Change Adaptation: Scaling Rainfed Agriculture Projects in India

Adapting To Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin: 4 Steps and 4 Lessons

Intelligent Imagining: Scenarios to Manage Water as the Climate Changes

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Lessons from Adaptation Pilots in the Rainfed Regions of India

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