Professor Pradeep Nair is a Senior Research Fellow in Earth System Governance Project at the Utrecht University, Netherlands. He is a Professor of New Media Studies at Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India. He is the Director Research of the University. A Future Earth Coasts Fellow at Future Earth, he is an Expert at UNESCO Policy Inclusive Lab. He is a Working Group member of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action CA22122 – Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-Ecological Impacts and Opportunities, which centres on the blue economy and related polices affecting European societies.
His study focuses on Climate and Health Nexus, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Resilience, Governance and Policy. With a background in health promotion, governance and policy studies, his research focus is on policy dynamics of cross-cutting societal issues, particularly the transformation of health systems to be climate-resilient, low carbon, sustainable and equitable.
He is a Gender and Climate Technology Expert affiliated to the United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) which facilitates the connection between countries and climate technology solutions, expediting development and technology transfers for low-carbon and climate-resilient initiatives at the demand of developing countries. He is a member of Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Working Group on Climate Change and is an Expert of the United Nations
Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment. He is on the Roster of Experts of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).