Nambi Appadurai heads Climate Resilience Practice at WRI India, where he directs projects enhancing the resilience of India’s coastal communities. He is currently leading the design and implementation of research and policy work supporting:

(i) mainstreaming adaptation into development policies and processes, and
(ii) promotion of transformative adaptation through experiential learnings at various levels.

His work focuses on climate proofing of development plans, creating access to climate finance and scaling up both investments and good practices in climate resilient initiatives at local, subnational and national levels.