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Shankar Neeraj

Adaptation and Loss and Damage Consultant

Climate Finance, M & E specialist, Disaster Relief/Management specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, Project and Programme Design, Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation, Experience in a range of climate change issues and areas, gained through my experince as CEO of SPREP and other past work., Early Warning Systems, Programme Management, Project managment (planning, designing, implementation and monitoring), Strategic Planning in Meteorology and Tropical Cyclone Warning Systems , Situational and Capacity Analysis , Situation Analysis, Risk Assessment, DRR, and Resiliency Planning, Resilience, Quantitative Risk Analysis and Cost-benefit-analysis of Adaptation Options, Adaptation planning, vulnerability asses, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, Policy Analysis, People Centred Early Warning Systems (Recent), CCA, DRR, Assessment of climate knowledge (IPCC), Climate services development, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate change / adaptaion policy and strategy, Climate Risk Management

Dr. Neeraj Shankar is an experienced professional with a strong track record in the design, delivery and review of climate adaptation, Loss and Damage (L&D), and disaster management projects across the Pacific and other climate-vulnerable regions. Brings deep expertise in strategy development, policy review, climate risk governance, and institutional capacity strengthening for national governments, regional organisations, and development partners.

Notable work includes supporting the co-development of four L&D projects under New Zealand MFAT’s Addressing Climate Change Loss and Damage Programme, designing and implementing early warning systems, conducting climate and disaster risk assessments, and preparing national Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) status reports. Also offers specialised experience in Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD), including protection of cultural heritage, intergenerational knowledge, human mobility impacts, and social cohesion.

Currently developing the first Pacific-wide regional evidence base for Loss and Damage for SPREP, strengthening the foundation for future L&D programming, reporting and access to climate finance. Recognised for building strong, trust-based relationships with diverse stakeholders, government agencies, regional bodies, community networks and technical specialists, and for facilitating inclusive, culturally grounded, multi-stakeholder consultations.
Krishneil Narayan

Sustainable Development and Climate Change Consultant

Sustainable Future Consultancy

Climate Finance, Nationally Determined Contributions, Project Management, Capacity building specialist, Community trainer specialist, Community development specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, Gender mainstreaming, National Communications, Projects, M&E, Project and Programme Design, Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation, Formal Education, food security, water, energy, transport, agri, energy sector reslience to climate change, Project managment (planning, designing, implementation and monitoring), Sustainable livelihoods & resilience building, Resilience, RE, CC Mitigation and Low Carbon Development, Development effectiveness, Communications, Outreach, Partnerships, Adaptation planning, Policy Analysis, Community-Based Adaptation, Climate services development, Climate change, climate science communication, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate change / adaptaion policy and strategy, Climate Risk Management

Krishneil Narayan is the Executive Director and Principal Consultant at Sustainable Future Consultancy in Fiji.

As a development professional with 18 years of experience, he specializes in sustainability and climate policy formulation, translating the policies into activities that benefit communities and accessing climate finance for Pacific Island countries.

As an advisor, Krishneil provides his expertise in climate and disaster-resilient development project design, implementation, and evaluations to various governments, NGOs, development organizations, and the private sector.

Krishneil previously worked as a climate change negotiator at the United Nations for over a decade, prioritizing the needs of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and contributing to the adoption of the 2013 Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage, as well as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015.

Previous clients have included: Oxfam Australia, Bread for the World (Germany), Pacific Islands Climate Action Network, UNDP, UN Environment, the Pacific Community (SPC), UK Government (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), New Zealand Government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Fiji Government (Ministry of Women), International Organisation for Migration (IOM).