Garima is a PhD student in Science and Management of Climate Change at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and a research collaborator with Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC). Her PhD research focuses on the distributional impacts of extreme heat on labour market outcomes and firms responses in the context of manufacturing sector in India as well as studying the role of labor regulations in mediating the impacts. Garima is also a recipient of United Nations University- World Institute on Development Economics Research visiting PhD Fellowship (2025). She is expected to finish her PhD by Spring 2027.

Prior to joining PhD, she has contributed to the formulation of state-level Climate Change Strategy and Action Plans in collaboration with state governments in India, which are now being implemented at a decentralised governance level. She has also collaborated with multilateral organisations like UNDP, The World Bank to asses resource mobilisation for biodiversity conservation and climate public expenditure and institutional reviews फॉर the Indian Himalayan region.

She holds a master’s degree in Economics with specialization in Environmental and Resource Economics from TERI (The Energy and Resource Institute, India) and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Delhi, India.

Her research interest revolves around estimation of climate impacts and adaptation modelling.

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