Author:
Kiran Sura

Author:
Kiran Sura

Before joining CDKN Kiran was a Senior Analyst with the Committee on Climate Change, an independent body advising the UK Government on climate change mitigation and adaptation policy. During this time Kiran conducted analysis that underpinned the Committee’s recommendations on the 2050 emissions reduction target for the UK. More recently she was involved in developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for tracking progress on adaptation, and developed the first adaptation cost curves for England.

Kiran has an MSc in Economics with reference to Sub-Saharan Africa from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and hopes to use her skills in the dismal science to provide effective climate change negotiations support.

Most recent content from this author

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21st November 2017
Did COP23 keep the canoe on course? The CDKN team reports on what climate negotiators achieved on the latest round of talks in Bonn, Germany: COP23.
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3rd November 2017
COP23 - ‘Island COP’ highlights the need to accelerate global efforts Sam Bickersteth, Kiran Sura and Mairi Dupar anticipate the detailed and difficult issues that will occupy negotiators during the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany (6-17 November 2017).
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2nd June 2017
Paris Agreement - Its toughest test yet Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, and Kiran Sura, Head of Negotiations Support, respond to the announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
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22nd May 2017
Bringing the Paris rulebook to life CDKN’s Kiran Sura, Marisa Donnelly and Toby Morris report on international climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany this month - where small steps were made on writing the Paris Agreement 'rulebook', which will make the Agreement meaningful - but much work is yet to be done.
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17th November 2016
CDKN’s live blog from COP22 – Marrakech, Morocco – Week Two CDKN's team at the United Nations climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco report on the latest political happenings - as well as what delegates are saying on the side.
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13th November 2016
CDKN's live blog from COP22 - Marrakech, Morocco - Week One Mini-blogs from CDKN commentators as events in Marrakech unfold during COP22. Many are calling this the 'implementation COP', where governments will discuss action on last year's Paris Agreement.
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13th October 2016
Legal community to bolster Paris Agreement implementation The CDKN team reports on how the legal community is mobilising to ensure that the ambitious Paris climate agreement gets translated to into action.
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27th May 2016
Climate negotiations move into unknown territory CDKN's Kiran Sura, Daphne Amevenu and Ben Bostock report on the past week's climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany, which had a 'End of the Beginning' feeling as countries move into implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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15th December 2015
Response from CDKN's global, regional and country leads to Paris Agreement Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, introduces commentary on the Paris Agreement from CDKN's teams around the world.
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13th December 2015
COP21 draws to strong end with adoption of 1.5 degree goal A landmark global agreement on climate change was adopted in Paris last night. Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive, and Mairi Dupar, Global Public Affairs Coordinator, take stock of the Paris agreement and what comes next.
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8th December 2015
Temperature check on the Paris summit - fragmented talks impede progress Kiran Sura, CDKN's Head of Negotiations Support, describes the disconnect between the political statements made by heads of state on the opening day and the process that has ensued in the talks, since
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3rd December 2015
Putting INDCs into action - perspectives from South and North Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, reports on a COP21 event where the governments of Kenya, Bangladesh, Lebanon and Germany presented insights on how they prepared their INDCs and intend to implement them. Additional reporting by Mairi Dupar, CDKN.