PROFILE

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Name:                  SHARMIND NEELORMI

Designation:      Professor, Department of Economics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar-1342

Phone:                 +880 1819 432769                                            E-mail: <sharmind.neelormi@juniv.edu>

Trained as an Economist and engaged in Tertiary level teaching

Engaged in research on Climate Change, Gender, Green Economy, Sustainable development, National Planning Processes, Agriculture, Livelihoods, Poverty and Macro economics

Contributed to IPCC 5th Assessment Report

Contributing to the processes of Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-9), UNEP

Served as Technical Expert of Green Climate Fund 

Served as Member, Core Group of Economist towards preparing Eighth and Ninth Five Year Plan of Bangladesh, Planning Commission Bangladesh. 

Member,  White Paper Committee on Bangladesh Economy.

Invited by a number of national and international entities in the capacity of a trainer, panelist, member to provide input on climate change and gender. Ms, Neelormi was invited by Europen Union as a panelist on Europen Development Days in 2018 to discuss on ‘women in Resilience Building in the face of Climate Change’. She was invited by SPC (Secretariat of the Pacific Community) to train the women activists and researchers of the Pacific on climate change and building resilience and integration of gender in the process. She has been contributing to the submissions to UNFCCC process on different technical aspects like Adaptation, Mitigation, Financing, REDD++, Technology, Loss and Damage from Women and Gender Constituency.

She has been taking part in UNFCCC process since 2007 and working with Women and Gender Constituency very closely.

She is the lead author of first global paper on Loss and Damage published by United Nations University, UNU, in 2012.

She is one of the lead authors of the National Conservation Strategy of Bangladesh.

She contributed to set up monitoring indicators of livelihoods under climate change in Bangladesh published by the Ministry of Environment and Forest.

She has been engaged in nationwide campaign on climate change, agriculture and livelihoods since 2007 and contributed actively in the process of advocacy engaging the policy makers (Speaker, Members of Parliaments, Government officials taking part in climate negotiation, NGO activists)

She is engaged in research on various aspects such as climate change, sustainable development and Resilience in a complex socio-economic as well as hydro-geological setting in different regions across the globe. She is one of the forerunners to work extensively on human dimensions of climate change, with a special focus on gender. She published widely on the vulnerability of women under climate change, the gender dimension of Loss and Damage, Resilience building of men and women in coastal areas in Bangladesh, Climate-induced migration, food security under climate change, climate-smart agriculture and livelihoods.

S. Neelormi takes a keen interest to design and facilitate adaptation projects, with a special focus on livelihoods. Ms. Neelormi contributed to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of IPCC WG-II. She has been taking an active part in the international Climate Change Negotiation of UNFCCC process. She was invited by European Union as a panelist on European Development Days in 2018 to discuss on ‘Women in Resilience Building in the Face of Climate Change’. 

Ms. Neelormi served the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as Technical Expert, extending her support to GCF project evaluations (outputs are confidential, as bound by the “conflict of interest” and “confidentiality” clauses) in 2018-2020. She had to provide technical inputs to funding proposals to CGF towards the formulation of Gender Assessment and Gender Action Plan. One of the major tasks was to assist the Independent Technical Advisory Panel (ITAP) members of GCF in mainstreaming gender in funding proposal assessment from different corners of the globe.

Neelormi is a steering committee member of the global network “gendercc, women for climate justice” which was the first focal point of Women and Gender Constituency at UNFCCC. She also represents the Women’s Major Group in the Expert Group on SDG serving to prepare position papers to be presented in High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), in September 2023 at UN HQ. 

Contributed to the Second National Communication of Bangladesh in the ‘Adaptation’ component as a gender specialist and the Third National Communication as a member of the Advisory Panel

She convenes dialogues with Members of Parliaments, Youth groups, Media, Academia, Activists, researchers, and civil society members. She regularly arranges dialogues, and seminars, and contributes to training sessions with these groups on areas of her specialization. She makes a special effort to raise consensus on different thematic issues among stakeholders representing the country and other LDC members, especially targeting the UNFCCC process. 

She advises the Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs in Bangladesh on DRR, Climate Change, and gender budget issues and regularly offers lectures to the officials of the Ministry on the issue of capacity building. She also facilitated the REDD+ Readiness Program in Bangladesh towards the inclusion of ‘safeguard’ issues and provided training to government officials. She works with Women Activist Groups to raise concerns about Gender Budget in Bangladesh.

Among many others, she was the resource person on climate change and gender in the training workshops for high-level government officials organized by UNDP- Bangladesh Mission, in 2021. She also trains development professionals on gender budget, gender and climate change nexus for the last one and a half decades.

Being trained as an Economist, Ms. Neelormi takes up a major role in analyzing the gender budget for the Ministry of Finance in Bangladesh. Her engagement with Bangladesh UNDP to develop tagging criteria for gender equality in the climate finance tracking module is regarded as pioneering work in the climate finance arena. She also worked with ADB to assess the impact of climate change on Bangladesh’s economy.

She has been involved in Adaptation project evaluation (UNDP, Climate Justice Resilience Fund, World Bank, UN Women, IFAD). She managed long-term climate change adaptation projects with a special focus on gender.

Ms. Neelormi's research interest entails the issues related to women’s empowerment. She worked with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), USAID, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), DFID, KfW, World Bank, ADB, IDRC Canada, German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, OXFAM, CARE, Action Aid, Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED), Bangladesh Water Board (WB), IDCOL, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), UNDP, UNEP, UN Women, UN-Habitat, United Nations university and other national and International organization in a number of studies.

She has been involved in a regional forum on Gender, and Agriculture in the Eastern Gangetic Plain led by ICIMOD, Nepal.

Ms. Neelormi bags the first authorship to write on Loss and Damage and Gender, published by United Nations University (UNU), Bonn, 2012 (in collaboration with German Watch, Berlin).

Specialization

• Climate Change
• Design and Evaluation of Adaptation and Resilience focused investment projects
• Social and economic contexts of Green Growth
• Gender budget analysis
• Economic Policy analysis involving environment and climate change concerns.
• Gender Dimensions in adaptation, mitigation and energy sectors
• Gender Dimensions of Disaster/Hazard (under climate variability and change, also non-climatic hazard), Macro Economic Framework
• Development and Gender Interface
• Capacity Building 
• Advocacy on CC-related issues 

Membership in professional associations 

• Member, ‘White Paper Committee on the state of Bangladesh economy’ entrusted by the Chief Advisors’ Office of Bangladesh (09/24-12/24).
• Member, Core Group of Economists for the formulation of Ninth Five Year Plan for Bangladesh, Bangladesh Planning Commission.
• Global Expert Group Member on SDG11 (sustainable cities) and SDG 13 (climate action) to prepare reports for High Level Political Forum held at UN HQ, 2024. Representing Women’s Major Groups in the EGM.
• Member, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
• Member, Steering Committee, Gender-Climate Change Global Network (gendercc – Women for Climate Justice). 
• Member, Expert Group, Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) on Loss and Damage.
• Member, Climate Action Network, South Asia.
• Technical Advisor Climate Change Program of Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB)
• Member, National Committee, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (Bangladesh Council for Women Issues: the largest national platform for Women’s issues in Bangladesh).
• Member of Governing Body, Centre for Disability in Development (CDD).
• Life Member, Bangladesh Economic Association.
• Alumni, South Asian Network on Development and Environmental Economics.
• Member, Women’s Major Group formed at RIO Conference.
• Former Member Secretary and (now) Member, Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) a nation-wide advocacy and campaign platform of about 250 NGOs in Bangladesh.
• Trustee member and Treasurer of the Executive Committee of ‘MUKTODANA TRUST’, which operates a Centre for Children with disabilities and also run a rehabilitation center for them.

Selected Publications  

1. Neelormi, Sharmind., 2024. Reality of Human Development: Mind the Gap. Chapter XIV in White Paper Committee 2024. White paper on State of Bangladesh Economy Dissection of a Development Narrative. Dhaka, government of Bangladesh. https://bdplatform4sdgs.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Final-Draft_Unedited_0911-hrs_Compiled-Report-without-Front-and-Back-Cover.pdf
2. Neelormi, Sharmind., 2024. Between Rhetorics and Realities. Chapter XV in White Paper Committee 2024. White paper on State of Bangladesh Economy Dissection of a Development Narrative. Dhaka, government of Bangladesh. https://bdplatform4sdgs.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Final-Draft_Unedited_0911-hrs_Compiled-Report-without-Front-and-Back-Cover.pdf
3. Neelormi, Sharmind., 2024. Environment and Climate Change: A Disaster in Making. Chapter XVIII in White Paper Committee 2024. White paper on State of Bangladesh Economy Dissection of a Development Narrative. Dhaka, government of Bangladesh. https://bdplatform4sdgs.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Final-Draft_Unedited_0911-hrs_Compiled-Report-without-Front-and-Back-Cover.pdf
4. Khatun, F., Nawrin, N., Kabir F. A., and Neelormi., S., 2023. “Financing for Women’s Empowerment in the Context of Post-COVID Recovery and LDC Graduation of Bangladesh. Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)” in . ( https://cpd.org.bd/resources/2023/11/Financing-for-Womens-Empowerment-in-the-Context-of-Post-COVID-Recovery-and-LDC-Graduation.pdf )
5. Nasreen M, Mallick D. and Sharmind Neelormi, 2022. “Empowering Women to Enhance Social Equity and Disaster Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh through Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge and Technologies”. in Mahbuba N. (Eds.)., Coatal Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh: Vulnerability and Resilience., Series: Routledge Exploration of Environmental Studies. Routledge; Taylor and Francis Group.
6. Ahmed, A.U., A. Nambi, S. Neelormi, “Status of Adaptation to Climate Change in South Asia Region”, in M. Alam, et al., (eds), Status of Adaptation to Climate Chang in Asia and the Pacific, Springer Climate, Switzerland, 2019.
7. Ahmed, A.U., and S. Neelormi, 2018, ‘Vulnerability of women, adolescent girls and children to climate change in urban areas of Bangladesh’, CARE Bangladesh, pp 61. 
8. “Second National Communication”, S. Neelormi as Contributing Author, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2016. 
9. Etzold, B., A.U. Ahmed, S.R. Hassan & S. Neelormi, Afifi, T”., 2016” Rainfall Variability, Hunger and Social Inequality, and Their Relative Influences on Migration: Evidence from Bangladesh” in “Environment, Migration and Social Inequality”, Mclean, R. eds. Springer, Volume 61. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016. Pp27-42.
10. Neelormi, S. and S. Hafiza., 2015. “Climate Resilient and Empowering Livelihoods for Women”. UN Women Bangladesh in association with Norwegian Embassy.
11. Neelormi, S., 2014. (Contributing Author), Climate Change 2014, The Fifth Assessment Report of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, Work Group II, Paris.
12. Neelormi, S. 2014. “Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan-A Gender Review”, in G. Alber, F. Habermann and C. Van Heemstra (eds.), Gender and Climate Change: Working Towards Gender-Sensitive National Climate Policy, Berlin, GenderCC-Women for Climate Justice, pp.17-23.
13. Neelormi, S., J. Christine, J. Naab, M. Chaudhury, and K. Patti, “Understanding Gender Dimensions of Agriculture and Climate Change in Smallholder Farming Communities”, in Climate and Development – Manuscript ID 14-CDEV381-RA. R1, 2014.
14. Etzold, B., A.U. Ahmed, S.R. Hassan & S. Neelormi, 2013. “Clouds gather in the sky, but no rain falls. Vulnerability to rainfall variability and food insecurity in Northern Bangladesh and its effects on migration”, Climate and Development, published online http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17565529. 2013.833078#.UtZXLNIW1Z8, Taylor and Francis, 2013, p.1-10.
15. Ahmed, A.U., Hassan, S.R., Etzold, B. and Neelormi, S., “Rainfall, Food Security and Human Mobility: Case Study Bangladesh”, Outcome of Where the Rains Fall Project, Case Study Bangladesh, Report No. 2, United Nations University, Bonn, 2012.
16. Neelormi, S., and Ahmed, A.U., 2013, ‘Toolkit on Gender Sensitive Adaptation’, Centre for Global Change (CGC and gendercc Women for Climate Justice, Berlin, Germany.
17. Neelormi, S., ‘Jatio Budget e Narir Jonno Boraddo: Nari o Prusher Boishommo Durikoron’ (Allocation for women in National Budget: Initiative towards gender friendly approach), Bangladesh Mahila Parishad Jourrnal, 2013 (in Bangla).
18. “Participatory gender-sensitive approaches for addressing key climate change- related research issues: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Uganda”, Chaudhury, M., Kristjanson, P., Kyagazze, F., Naab, J. B., Neelormi, S., United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome, 2012.
19. Neelormi, S. and Ahmed, A.U., “Loss and Damage in a Warmer World: Whither Gender Matters? Gender Perspectives on Loss and Damage”; The paper has been prepared in the context of the “Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative”, German Watch, Bonn, 2012. 
20. Neelormi, S., and Asaduzzaman, M. 2011. Indicators to Assess Impacts on Livelihoods and Poverty, Chapter 10, in A. Nishat (ed.) Protocol for Monitoring of Impacts of Climate change and Climate variability in Bangladesh, IUCN, Dhaka, pp. 141-169. 
21. Roy, K., Neelormi, S., and Adri, N. 2010., “Setting Up the Primary Adaptation Goal: Towards Creating Alternate Income Opportunities”, in Ahsan. U.A. (ed), Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Pioneering Example of Community-Based Adaptation, jointly Published by CARE Bangladesh and Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2010. 
22. Roy, K., and Neelormi, S., 2010, “Safeguarding Failed Crop Agriculture: Changing Traditional Practices”, in Ahsan. U.A. (ed), Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Pioneering Example of Community-Based Adaptation, jointly Published by CARE Bangladesh and Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2010
23. Neelormi, S., 2010., “Addressing Gender Issues in Adaptation”, in Ahsan. U.A. (ed), Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Pioneering Example of Community-Based Adaptation, jointly Published by CARE Bangladesh and Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2010
24. Ahmed A.U., S. Neelormi, N. Adri, S. Alam and K. Nuruzzaman , 2009. “Climate Change, Gender and Vulnerable Groups in Bangladseh”, in Climate Change Cell, DoE, CDMP, MoEF, Component 4b, June 2009, Dhaka.
25. Neelormi, S., Adri, N. and Ahmed, A.U. 2009., “Gender perspectives of increased socio-economic risks of waterlogging in bangladesh due to climate change”, Web based publication, available at http://www.ioiusa.net/view/article/141603, 2009.
26. “Combating Water Borne Diseases Under Climate Change in Bangladesh: In Quest of Sustainable Alternative Solutions”, Neelormi, S., Hossain, M.A., and Ahmed, A.U., paper published in the Proceedings of Second Open Meeting, International Human Dimension Programme (IHDP), Bonn, 2009. 
27. “Environmental Impact Assessments of Textile and Dyeing Industries on Ecosystem of Karnapara Canal at Savar, Bangladesh”, Rahman, S.H., Neelormi, S., Tareq, S.M., Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, Vol 31 (1): 19-32, 2008.
28. Ahmed, A.U., and S. Neelormi, 2008. “Climate Change, Loss of Livelihoods, and Forced Displacements in Bangladesh: Whither Facilitated International migration?”, CGC publication series, Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2008.
29. Ahmed, A.U., S. Neelormi, N. Adri, 2007, “Entrapped in a Water World: Impacts of and Adaptation to Climate Change Induced Water Logging for Women in Bangladesh”, CGC publication series, Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2007.
30. Ahmed, A.U., S. Neelormi, and Neelopal Adri “Climate Change in Bangladesh: Concerns Regarding Women and Special Vulnerable Groups”, CGC publication series, Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2007.
31. Ahmed A.U., and S. Neelormi, 2007., “Livelihoods of Coastal Fishermen in Peril: In Search of Early Evidence of Climate Change Induced Adverse Effects in Bangladesh”, CGC publication series, Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2007.
32. “Adaptation to Climate Change: Alternative Options for Drinking Water to Combat Water Borne Diseases in Bangladesh”, Sharmind Neelormi, Amjad Hossain, and Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, CGC publication series, Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, 2007.
33. “Household and Community-level Responses to Floods in the Brahmaputra Basin in Bangladesh”, Sharmind Neelormi (Principal Author), in A. Muhammed, M.M.Q. Mirza and B.A. Stewart (eds.), Climate and Water Resources in South Asia: Vulnerability and Adaptation, Asianics AgroDev. International, Islamabad, pp. 64-77, March 2007. 
34. “Socio-economic and Physical Perspectives of Water Related Vulnerability to Climate Change: Results of Field Study in Bangladesh”, Choudhury, A.M., Neelormi, S., Quadir, D.A., Mallick, S., and Ahmed, A.U., in A.P. Mitra (Ed.), Science and Culture, Special Issue, pp. 225-238, December 2005.
35. ‘In the Eyes of the Vulnerable: Climate Change Consultations in Bangladesh’, S. Neelormi as one of the Co-Authors, published jointly by six national institutions (AAB, Bangladesh Poush, BUP, SDRC, Uttaran and Zibika). SDRC disseminated the research-based findings at the Conference of Parties No. 11 at Montreal, Canada (December, 2005). 
36. 'Climate Change and Its Impacts on Water Resources of Bangladesh”, Choudhury, A.M., Quadir, D.A., Neelormi, S., and Ahmed, A.U., in A. Muhammed (ed.), Climate Change and Water Resources in South Asia, Proceedings of Year-end Workshop, Kathgmandu, 7-9 January, 2003. Asianics AgroDev International, Islamabad, pp. 21-60, 2003. 
37. 'Perspectives of Children and Youth', Neelormi, S. Contributor of Chapter 13, in Q.K. Ahmad and A.U. Ahmed (Eds) Bangladesh: Citizen's Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Bangldesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP), pp. 94-99, August 2002. 
38. “Twentyfive years of industrialisation in Bangladesh”, Bayes, A and Neelormi, S., In A. Bayes and A. Rahman (Eds.), Bangladesh At 25: An Analytical Discourse, University Press Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1997. 
39. 'Financial Implications of Food-grain Production Loss Under Different Climate Change Scenarios', Neelormi, S. and Karim, Z. Incorporated in Global Climate Change: Bangladesh Episode; Summary Report on Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation. A Publication of the Department of Environment, The People's Republic of Bangladesh; June 1997.

Participation as a Speaker/ Resource Person in Capacity Building Events

1. Presented a paper (titled: Gender Tagging in Climate Budget, A Methodological development in Bangladesh) in the 32nd International Conference organized by the International Association of Feminist Economics, IAFFE), held in Rome, Italy, July, 2024.
2. Resource person (key note paper presenter) at the Global Conclave on 'Advancing Human Development in Global South' , 2024, at New Delhi, India. This major international conference, being organised by Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and the Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi in partnership with the NITI Aayog, the Apex Think Tank of the Government of India. The presentation was delivered in a session on Gender Responsive Budgeting, co organized by UN Women.
3. Resource person invited by Manohar Parrikar Institute for Défense Studies and Analysis in India under its G 20 Presidency, towards making South Asian Narrative on Non-Conventional Security Issues, 2023. 
4. Expetr Group Member on SDG 11 to prepare position paper to present in High Level Political Forum at UN HQ , 2023.
5. Resource person for training batches of government officials in Bangladesh, in association with Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, BCCTF, 2021-22.
6. Gender expert in training workshop for senior level government officials by UNDP-Bangladesh Mission., 2021.
7. Invited Panellist (on Climate Change policies and Resilience of women) in “European Development Days” (June, 2018) by European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
8. Leading Civil Society spokesman from Bangladesh on Climate Change. Provide sessions on Climate Change for Bangladesh delegation Members and Member of Parliaments on a regular basis, especially for UNFCCC COPs.
9. Worked closely with the UNFCCC Gender Focal Points, prepare position papers, briefings, and statements for the Women and Gender Constituency of UNFCCC.
10. Coordinated session on “Gender, agriculture and Climate Change: Research Gaps in Indo Gangetic Plain” in Delhi, September, 2017, organized by Australian High Commission, Delhi and SaCI Waters, India..
11. Resource person in an initiative on climate change, food security and energy nexus in South Asia, the first conference was held in September, 2016, Delhi, India.
12. Resource person in the “Program of Pacific Women’s Network on Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Gender” in Fiji, 2014.
13. Resource person in “Indian Ocean Rim Conference, Channai”, 2014 by the Ministry of Earth Science, India and CSIRO, Australia.
14. Resource person on Climate Change and Gender in a workshop by Women and Gender Constituency in COP 17, Doha, 2012.
15. Resource person in the evaluation team (with Oxfam GB) in AILA affected area, 2010. 
16. Resource person in capacity building workshop of OXFAM regional staffs on climate change, 2009, 2010.
17. Resource person in the South Asian Youth Conference on Climate Change, organized by CSRL and Oxfam at Noakhali, Bangladesh, 2010.
18. Resource person in a training workshop for Department of Environment personnel on climate change issues facilitated by Canadian CIDA, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
19. Resource person in a capacity building workshop of Action Aid staffs to promote understanding on gender issues in projects, 2011.
20. Resource person in a capacity building workshop organized by DEPICHO on gender perspectives of disasters, 2011. 
21. Resource person in a capacity building workshop in Dhaka organized by ADB on gender and Climate Change, 2013, 2014, 2015. 
22. Resource person in a capacity building workshop of RED Crescent Bangladesh Officials, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 206, 2017.
23. Resource person in a capacity building workshop with Member of Parliaments, Journalists and Media people organized by Campaign for Sustainable Development (CSRL) (sveral years, ongoing).
24. Resource person in a capacity building workshop of Asian Women in Bangkok organized by NGO forum on ADB on gender and Climate Change, 2008).  
25. Resource person in the international capacity building workshop on gender and climate change, organized for women groups participated in COP 14, COP15, hosted by genderCC, 2009.
26. Participated in a number of side events in COPs and SBSTA as speaker (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015).

RESEARCH INTEREST

Climate change, environment, Development Economics, Green Financing, Gender and Policy and Institutional Engagements

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