Sonam Lhaden Khandu is a Deputy Chief Environment Officer under the Climate Change Division of the National Environment Commission Secretariat (NECS), Bhutan. She has a Bachelor in Environmental Engineering from Thammasat University in Thailand and a Masters in Climate Change from The Australian National University, Australia.
She is the coordinator of activities pertaining to climate change adaptation in Bhutan. She is also currently serving as the Vice Chair of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG).