Dr. Santosh Nepal

Dr. Santosh Nepal is a Researcher in Water Resources and Climate Change at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), with more than 16 years of professional experience in hydrological assessment, climate change, and water resources management across different scales in river basins, particularly in South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. His areas of expertise include river basin management, watersheds, hydrology, water cooperation, policy coherence, climate, Integrated Water Resources Management, cryosphere, upstream-downstream linkages, the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) Nexus, modelling, and capacity building. Previously, he worked as a Water and Climate Specialist and Group Leader for Climate Change Hydrology at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), as a Researcher at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany, and in various research, environmental assessment, and consulting roles. He has a PhD in Hydrology and Climate Change from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany, and master’s degrees in Environmental Management from Pokhara University and Anthropology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He has published on various environmental issues in journals including Nature and Science and contributed to major global and regional assessment reports, including the IPCC Special Report on 'The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate' (2019), 'The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report' (2022), and 'The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Report' (2019).