Dr. Divya Sharma is the Executive Director India at Climate Group and Head of the Board of Directors and Member, Executive Management Team at Climate Group. In India, she’s leading a team of highly motivated professionals across industry, transport, energy and food systems.
Divya brings over 25 years of experience as an international climate expert, trainer, executive leader, programme manager and client advisor. She specialises in climate resilience, sustainable urban development planning and energy transition. She is on advisory boards of key initiatives like Climate Smart Cities (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India), International program on Envisioning Sustainable Futures (IGES Japan and One Earth Canada) , Honorary advisor- Good Cities Foundation, Honorary advisor- Clinton Global Initiative, USA, Board of Directors- Transition Research, Goa, India, Member- Global Covenant of Mayors on Climate and Energy in India, Advisor- Earth Warriors, Founder Advisor- Humanqind.
Besides her doctorate on urban adaptation and resilience planning, she has completed the Practice of PDIA: Building Capability by Delivering Results training by the Harvard Centre for International Development, Harvard University and City Infrastructure Investment Programming and Prioritization Toolkit (CIIPP) conducted by the City Development Initiative of Asia of the Asian Development Bank.