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Shobhakar Dhakal

Nepalese academic and climate change expert

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Shobhakar Dhakal (born in Nepal) is a Professor and former (April 2021 -August 23) Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand since April 2021. He also served as Dean of School of Environment, Resources and Development, and Head of Department of Energy Environment and Climate Change of Asian Institute of Technology. His main areas of expertise are in energy policy, climate change mitigation and policies, policy modelling and analysis, and cities and climate change. Dhakal actively contributes to international and scientific arena.

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Born
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Citizenship
Nepal wd
Occupation
scientist, expert, university teacher wd
Education
University of Tokyo wd

About

He is the Coordinating Lead Author of the Nobel Prize winning Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change's 5th Assessment Report for the Chapter on Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, and 6th Assessment Report for the Chapter on Emissions Trends and Drivers. He was also a member of the author group who develop a recent UNEP led global scientific assessment titled Making Peace with Nature, launched by UN Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director in February 2021, led by Bob Watson and Ivar Andreas Baste.

Questions

When was Shobhakar Dhakal born?
Shobhakar Dhakal was born on 1970.
Where did Shobhakar Dhakal study?
Shobhakar Dhakal was educated at University of Tokyo.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Shobhakar Dhakal · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q28172067 · CC0 1.0

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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