Faculty

Minal Pathak is Associate Professor at the Global Centre for Environment and Energy at Ahmedabad University, India. She was a Senior Scientist with the Technical Support Unit of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2017-23. She has contributed to two IPCC Special Reports – ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’ and ‘Climate Change and Land’, co-edited IPCCs Sixth Assessment Report and contributed to IPCC’s Synthesis report 2023. She has also contributed to other global assessments such as the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023. She leads the South Asia Hub of the Urban Climate Change Research Network in partnership with Columbia University’s Earth Institute. She was a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College London from 2018-23 and has previously held a Visiting Scholar position at MIT. Her research focuses on climate change mitigation actions for urban settlements, transport and buildings and their co-benefits and interlinkages with development. She is an Associate Editor on the Climate and Development journal. 

[Editor] IPCC, 2023: Workshop Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Workshop on the Use of Scenarios in the Sixth Assessment Report and Subsequent Assessments [Masson-Delmotte, V., H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, P. Zhai, W. Cheung, J. Fuglestvedt, A. Garg, B. O’Neill, J. Pereira, J. Portugal Pereira, K. Riahi, A. Sörensson, C. Tebaldi, E. Totin, D. van Vuuren, Z. Zommers, A. Al Khourdajie, S.L. Connors, R. Fradera, C. Ludden, D. McCollum, K. Mintenbeck, M. Pathak, A. Pirani, E.S. Poloczanska, S. Some and M. Tignor (eds.)]. Working Group III Technical Support Unit, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 67 pp

[Core Writing Team] IPCC, 2023: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. A Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 36 pages. (in press).

[Core Writing Team] IPCC, 2023: Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) (Longer Report) [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland (in press).

[Editor Main report] IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, A. Al Khourdajie, R. van Diemen, D. McCollum, M. Pathak, S. Some, P. Vyas, R. Fradera, M. Belkacemi, A. Hasija, G. Lisboa, S. Luz, J. Malley, (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press.

[Editor and drafting author Summary for Policymakers AR6] IPCC, 2022: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, A. Al Khourdajie, R. van Diemen, D. McCollum, M. Pathak, S. Some, P. Vyas, R. Fradera, M. Belkacemi, A. Hasija, G. Lisboa, S. Luz, J. Malley, (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press.

[Editor and Coordinating Lead Author Technical Summary AR6] IPCC 2022: M. Pathak, R. Slade, R. Pichs-Madruga, D. Ürge-Vorsatz, P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, A. Al Khourdajie, R. van Diemen, D. McCollum, M. Pathak, S. Some, P. Vyas, R. Fradera, M. Belkacemi, A. Hasija, G. Lisboa, S. Luz, J. Malley, (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press.

[Contributing Author] Chapter 10. Transport. Jaramillo, P., S. Kahn Ribeiro, P. Newman, S. Dhar, O.E. Diemuodeke, T. Kajino, D.S. Lee, S.B. Nugroho, X. Ou, A. Hammer Strømman, J. Whitehead, 2022: Transport. In IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, A. Al Khourdajie, R. van Diemen, D. McCollum, M. Pathak, S. Some, P. Vyas, R. Fradera, M. Belkacemi, A. Hasija, G. Lisboa, S. Luz, J. Malley, (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA. doi: 10.1017/9781009157926.012

[Contributing Author] Chapter 8. Urban Systems and Settlements. Lwasa, S., K.C. Seto, X. Bai, H. Blanco, K.R. Gurney, S. Kilkiş, O. Lucon, J. Murakami, J. Pan, A. Sharifi, Y. Yamagata, 2022: Urban systems and other settlements. In IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, A. Al Khourdajie, R. van Diemen, D. McCollum, M. Pathak, S. Some, P. Vyas, R. Fradera, M. Belkacemi, A. Hasija, G. Lisboa, S. Luz, J. Malley, (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA. doi: 10.1017/9781009157926.010

[Editor IPCC SRCCL] IPCC, 2019: Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, E. Calvo Buendia, V. Masson-Delmotte, H.- O. Pörtner, D. C. Roberts, P. Zhai, R. Slade, S. Connors, R. van Diemen, M. Ferrat, E. Haughey, S. Luz, S. Neogi, M. Pathak, et al., (eds.)]. In press. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2019/11/SRCCL-Full-Report-Compiled-191128.pdf  (Editor for Full Report)

[Editor and drafting author IPCC SRCCL SPM] IPCC, 2019: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, E. Calvo Buendia, V. Masson-Delmotte, H.- O. Pörtner, D. C. Roberts, P. Zhai, R. Slade, S. Connors, R. van Diemen, M. Ferrat, E. Haughey, S. Luz, S. Neogi, M. Pathak, et al., (eds.)]. In press. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/SPM_Updated-Jan20.pdf

[Editor IPCC SRCCL Technical Summary] P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, R. van Diemen, E. Haughey, J. Malley, M. Pathak, J. Portugal Pereira (eds.) Technical Summary, 2019. In: Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, E. Calvo Buendia, V. Masson-Delmotte, H.-O. Pörtner, D. C. Roberts, P. Zhai, R. Slade, S. Connors, R. van Diemen, M. Ferrat, E. Haughey, S. Luz, S. Neogi, M. Pathak, et al., (eds.)]. In press. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2020/07/03_Technical-Summary-TS_V2.pdf

[Drafting Author IPCC SR.15 SPM] IPCC, 2018: Summary for Policymakers. In: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, et al. (eds.)]. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/SR15_SPM_version_report_HR.pdf

Agrawal A., Pathak M., Jana K., Unni J, Shukla PR (2024) Just transition away from coal: Vulnerability analysis of coal districts in India. Energy Research & Social Science 108 103355

Halsnæs K., Some S., Pathak M. (2023) Beyond synergies: understanding SDG trade‑ofs, equity and implementation challenges of sectoral climate change mitigation options Sustainability Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01322-3

Boyd, D., Pathak, M., van Diemen, R., & Skea, J. (2022). Mitigation co-benefits of climate change adaptation: A case-study analysis of eight cities. Sustainable Cities and Society, 77, 103563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103563

Creutzig, F., Niamir, L., Bai, X., Callaghan, M., Cullen, J., Díaz-José, J., Figueroa, M., Grubler, A., Lamb, W. F., Leip, A., Masanet, E., Mata, É., Mattauch, L., Minx, J. C., Mirasgedis, S., Mulugetta, Y., Nugroho, S. B., Pathak, M., et al. (2021). Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being. Nature Climate Change, 12, 1, 36–46. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01219-y 

Liverman, D., vonHedemann, N., Nying’uro, P., Rummukainen, M., Stendahl, K., Gay-Antaki, M., Craig, M., Aguilar, L., Bynoe, P., Call, F., Connors, S., David, L., Ferrone, A., Hayward, B., Jayawardena, S., Mai Touray, L., Parikh, J., Pathak, M., et al. (2022). Survey of gender bias in the IPCC. Nature, 602, 7895, 30–32. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00208-1

He, B., Zhao, D., Dong, X., Xiong, K., Feng, C., Qi, Q., Darko, A., Sharifi, A., & Pathak, M. (2022). Perception, physiological and psychological impacts, adaptive awareness and knowledge, and climate justice under urban heat: A study in extremely hot-humid Chongqing, China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 79, 103685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.103685

Roy, J., Some, S., Das, N., & Pathak, M. (2021). Demand side climate change mitigation actions and SDGs: literature review with systematic evidence search. Environmental Research Letters, 16(4), 043003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd81a

Schipper, E. L. F., Ensor, J., Mukherji, A., Mirzabaev, A., Fraser, A., Harvey, B., Totin, E., Garschagen, M., Pathak, M., Antwi-Agyei, P., Tanner, T., & Shawoo, Z. (2021). Equity in climate scholarship: a manifesto for action. Climate and Development, 13, 10, 853–856 https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2021.1923308    

Sharifi, A., Pathak, M., Joshi, C., & He, B.-J. (2021). A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation. Sustainable Cities and Society, 74, 103190 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103190 

Dhar, S., Pathak, M., & Shukla, P. R. (2020). Transformation of India’s steel and cement industry in a sustainable 1.5 °C world. Energy Policy, 137, 111104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111104  

Waisman, H., Bataille, C., Winkler, H., Jotzo, F., Shukla, P., Colombier, M., Buira, D., Criqui, P., Fischedick, M., Kainuma, M., La Rovere, E., Pye, S., Safonov, G., Siagian, U., Teng, F., Virdis, M.-R., Williams, J., Young, S., Anandarajah, G., Boer, R., Cho, Y., Denis-Ryan, A., Dhar, S., Gaeta, M., Gesteira, C., Haley, B., Hourcade, J.-C., Liu, Q., Lugovoy, O., Masui, T., Mathy, S., Oshiro, K., Parrado, R., Pathak, M. et al. (2019). A pathway design framework for national low greenhouse gas emission development strategies. Nature Climate Change, 9, 4, 261–268. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0442-8

Dhar, S., Pathak, M., & Shukla, P. R. (2018). Transformation of India’s transport sector under global warming of 2 °C and 1.5 °C scenario. Journal of Cleaner Production, 172, 417–427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.076