Ms Janani Vivekananda 

Janani Vivekananda is Director of Climate Diplomacy and Security at adelphi, where she specialises in climate change and peacebuilding. Working as a field researcher, practitioner and policy advisor on climate change, peace and security across different geographic regions for 20 years, she has published widely on this topic, in academia, including Nature, and in global media outlets, such as the Economist, the Guardian, der Spiegel, and the BBC. Before joining adelphi, Janani was the Head of the Environment, Climate Change and Security at International Alert. Prior to this, she held advisory positions at Plan International, and UNDP. Her work to-date involves designing and conducting participatory and inclusive research on climate-related security risks and responses, promoting risk informed responses, and increasing the capacity of governments and civil society to integrate climate and conflict risk into policies and field projects. Janani holds master’s degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and from the University of Oxford. She is also a Senior Fellow at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research and has a Senior Research Fellowship with the Toda Peace Institute and has recently been appointed an Imperial War Museum Institute Associate.