Manjeet Dhakal

Overview

Manjeet Dhakal is the Lead Advisor to the Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group on Climate Change, providing strategic and technical advice, policy analysis and negotiation support to the Chair and LDC Group members.

Professional Experience

Manjeet has over a decade of experience in climate change governance, UNFCCC negotiations, and multilateral climate diplomacy, working with LDCs including Nepal, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Bhutan, Senegal, and Malawi. He played a key role in the LDC Group’s contributions to the Paris Agreement in 2015 and has provided high-level climate leadership support to officials and ministers in UN climate processes. He has served as Program Director at Clean Energy Nepal, remains active on its Board, and is an Adjunct Faculty at the School of Environmental Science and Management, Pokhara University. In 2009, he was honoured as an ‘International Climate Champion’ by the British Council.

Education

Manjeet holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Pokhara University and is pursuing a PhD at Kathmandu University.