Author:
Elizabeth Gogoi

Author:
Elizabeth Gogoi

Elizabeth is a project manager within CDKN’s Asia team based in the non-profit organisation Lead India in New Delhi, India.

She coordinates CDKN’s programme in India and Nepal which is supporting policy-makers to design and deliver CCD policies and plans, and manages relationships with partners. Her role also includes communicating CDKN’s learning from the region through knowledge management and public affairs.

Elizabeth joined CDKN in March 2011 with a background in climate change and development policy-making and research. This included working in the European Parliament on the negotiations of the 2009 EU Climate Change Package, and as a researcher in the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) looking at EU development cooperation. She also has experience working in the US Senate, UN Secretariat and for NGOs in Tanzania and South Africa. Elizabeth holds a Masters in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics (LSE) and in her free time is struggling to learn Hindi.

Most recent content from this author

Feature
12th September 2014
The Kashmir tragedy – can we avoid the next one? Elizabeth Gogoi and Mihir Bhatt of CDKN, in an article for the Wall Street Journal, discuss how to avoid mega floods becoming the 'new normal' in India.
Feature
29th June 2014
Who is paying for climate change in Nepal? In an article for the Guardian’s Global Development Professionals Network, CDKN’s Elizabeth Gogoi outlines the economic cost of climate change in Nepal.
Feature
5th February 2014
The collapsing energy, water and food triangle in Asia Elizabeth Gogoi from CDKN reflects on the central theme of this year’s Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) and what learning CDKN can offer from Madurai, India
Feature
5th December 2013
Knowing the ‘who, what, where and when’ of climate change Elizabeth Gogoi from CDKN reflects on what it will take to make sure the vulnerability assessment in Uttarakhand delivers policy change
Feature
4th September 2013
Planning for a better and more resilient future for Madurai slum dwellers Elizabeth Colebourn reports from Madurai city in Tamil Nadu on a new CDKN initiative working with the city and state Governments which is aiming to change the lives of slum dwellers.
Feature
15th August 2013
The power of radio to find and deliver adaptation solutions Elizabeth Gogoi, CDKN and Kumar Chandan, Lead India reflect on the learning from a CDKN project which showed the potential of community radio to involve communities in the policy-making process.
Feature
8th August 2013
Is a conference the only way to share CCD knowledge? Elizabeth Colebourn, CDKN and Arif Rahman, LEAD Pakistan, put forward a new approach to Climate Compatible Development (CCD) knowledge management
Feature
22nd June 2013
How did India's monsoon produce a disaster? Elizabeth Colebourn and Charlotte Finlay from CDKN reflect on how the tragic loss of life in the Himalayan State should sharpen minds on how disaster risk needs to be integrated into planning decisions.
Feature
10th May 2013
How important is ‘process’ for delivering state action on climate change in India? CDKN’s Elizabeth Colebourn reports on how policy-makers and stakeholders are now looking back at why and how the State Action Plans on Climate Change came to life.
Feature
30th April 2013
Who will deliver our vision of an Indian ‘green’ city? Following the South Asian Cities Congress, CDKN’s Elizabeth Colebourn reflects on why we need to give more attention to the city officials and bureaucrats expected to deliver our vision of a ‘green city’.
Resource
23rd April 2013
REPORT: Climate resilience and disaster risk management CDKN, in collaboration with partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America, is pleased to announce a new publication on Climate resilience and disaster risk management. It presents recent results from CDKN-supported projects to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning.
Feature
13th November 2012
Biological Diversity - a ‘climate’ question? Bhawana Luthra and Elizabeth Colebourn from LEAD India and CDKN reflect on the link between biodiversity and climate change in the wake of the 11th COP of the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD).