Dr. Manish Kumar Shrivastava is an inter-disciplinary researcher focusing on the intersection of science, society, and policy. His research explores issues pertaining to governance and justice, with a particular focus on the interaction of energy, technology, finance, and environmental policy in multi-level governance and fragmented society contexts. His recent work explores negotiations on market-based approaches for the shipping sector within the IMO, challenges and opportunities for financing industrial decarbonization in India, and localization of SDG implementation, climate co-benefits of air quality improvement interventions, integrating gender-justice concerns into climate policy, governance of geo-engineering, and the role of sub-national and non-state actors in scaling up climate action in developing countries. He assisted the government of Nepal in accessing technical assistance from the CTCN, UNFCCC's technology mechanism.
Prior to TERI, he taught climate policy, global justice, and economics at the TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, and was also associated with the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and the Council for Social Development. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Climate Action. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. Degrees in Science Policy and an MA Degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.