Preety is responsible for providing policy and strategic direction to ADB’s climate change program. Prior to joining ADB, she headed the Finance, Technology and Capacity Building Program of the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and has also worked as the Director of the Policy Analysis Division at The Energy and Resources Institute in India.
Blogs by this Author
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Delivering the Paris work program at Katowice: The race to the finish line
Published on Friday, 30 November 2018
With little over a year to go, there is no margin for delay in setting the rules to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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2018 will be a crucial year for international climate policy making
Published on Tuesday, 12 December 2017
There are only eleven months left for countries to finalize the implementation framework for the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Climate reality: Kickstarting action in the Philippines
Published on Monday, 21 March 2016
The Philippines' pledge to address climate change is ambitious, but the question is whether or not it will translate into an actual investment plan.
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Draft Paris Outcome: Glass half full on a climate deal at COP21
Published on Tuesday, 08 December 2015
In Paris, ministers have been given all of the ingredients for forging a global climate deal. It is now up to them to deliver a balanced and equitable agreement that protects the future of the planet.
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Asia – climate change battleground
Published on Tuesday, 16 June 2015
With the region producing an ever greater share of global carbon emissions, what can it do to protect its people—and the world—from the effects of climate change?
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Expansion of Climate Investment Funds operations: What it means for Asia
Published on Monday, 01 June 2015
We were delighted last month to learn that the CIFs have decided to extend support to an additional 16 countries, among them several in Asia and the Pacific.
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Will the Green Climate Fund pledges create a momentum for ongoing climate negotiations?
Published on Thursday, 04 December 2014
The recent formal pledging session for the Green Climate Fund (GCF)—more than $9 billion in just 5 months—is by far the most successful resource mobilization ever seen for a multilateral climate fund. The US has pledged $3 billion, followed by Japan ($1.5 billion), UK ($1.13 billion), and Germany and France (with $1 billion each). Four developing countries—Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, and Panama—have made pledges, breaking the traditional donor boundaries.
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Window of opportunity still open on climate action
Published on Wednesday, 05 November 2014
A set of reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the last of which was released on November 2, 2014, sets the scene for governments to renew their efforts on the issue through ambitious commitments for a comprehensive climate agreement in Paris in December 2015.