Sonam Sahu

Sonam Sahu

Assistant Professor
sonam.sahu@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Sonam is a Climate Action Planner with 10 years of experience  in urban climate policy analysis and technical expertise in estimating emissions. During her PhD, she researched on localizing the Paris Agreement and designed a multi-criteria scoring tool to support city-level climate targets. She has vast experience in developing Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions inventory, and developing emissions targets and intervention actions.

Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies
    Kyoto University, School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto, Japan,

Post Graduate Diploma

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development
    Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India

Master of Technology

  • Master of Technology in Disaster Mitigation and Management
    Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

  • Bachelor of Architecture
    Government College of Architecture, Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow, India

  • Currently working as a Assistant Professor in Mahindra University

Climate Action Planner,

  • Climate Action Planner,
    Ascent Environmental Inc.
    San Diego, CA, USA

Knowledge Tools Analyst

  • Knowledge Tools Analyst
    NDC Partnership, World Resources Institute, USA

Research Associate

  • Research Associate – Climate Change
    National University of Singapore

Climate Change Consultant

  • Climate Change Consultant
    SwissMango – 5 Elements SDG, Switzerland

Research Assistant

  • Research Assistant
    Simon Fraser University, Canada

Research Assistant and Doctoral Student

  • Research Assistant and Doctoral Student
    Kyoto University, Japan

Assistant Professor

  • Assistant Professor.
    Department of Architecture, Invertis University,Bareilly, India

Publications

2022

  • Howlett, M., Leong, C., & Sahu, S. Managing internal policy risk: Australia, the UK and the US compared. Policy Design and Practice. 5(2): 152:163. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2022.2065716
  • Howlett, M., Leong, C., & Sahu, S. Trends in the management of policy volatility: managing internal policy risk in three OECD countries. 2022. International Journal of Public Policy (IJPP). 16(5/6): 345 – 361. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJPP.2022.127435

2021

  • Sahu, S. & Saizen, I. Implications of Climate Targets at a Local Level: The Study of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India. 2021.  International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 11(7): 95-107, 2021. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i730446

2020

2019

2018

2014

2015

  • Pawar, A., Sahu, S., Mukherjee, M., 2015. Assessing thermal behavior of Land Use Land Cover from micro-meteorological measurements. 3rd Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering 2015 held in Singapore on 13-14 April 2015. doi: 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE15.44.
  • Air pollution emissions threshold
  • City emissions and climate action plans
  • Net-zero buildings and urban areas