Dr Ajita Tiwari Padhi is the Lead, Climate Policy, Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships at the Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change (INECC). Her professional work and interest lie at the interface of climate change and sustainability while her research explores low carbon approaches that facilitate resilience building of the most climate-vulnerable. With over 15 years of engagement at the grassroots as well as policy discourses at the national and international level, her work  brings forward the voices of the marginalised and emphasises on strengthening  practice-policy linkages through an ecosystems approach for meeting goals of climate, social justice and sustainable development.