Rohini Kohli

Rohini Kohli (India)works as Lead Technical Specialist, National Adaptation Plans, in the Resilience and Sustainable Development team at UNDP. Since 2013, she has been engaged in providing technical support to partner countries to advance their efforts on integrating climate change into national and sub-national development planning processes.  In this role, she manages UNDPs portfolio of global projects which include the NAP Global Support Programme and “Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans Programme” in coordination with UNEP and FAO. Rohini has worked for over 15 years on issues related to poverty, environment, gender and climate change, with a specific focus on data, policy and planning. She has substantively contributed to  Asia-Pacific Human Development Reports – including on  climate change “2012 One Planet to Share” and on gender “2010 Power, Voice and Rights”. Her work has taken her to many countries in the Asia and the Pacific, Arab States and East Africa. She has worked in India, the Sudan, Sri Lanka, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Thailand. Rohini holds an M.Phil. in Sociology from Delhi University and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies with a focus on poverty and environment from the London School of Economics.


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