Dr. Indu K Murthy is the Principal Research Scientist leading Adaptation and Risk Analysis vertical at Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP). She was formerly a Consultant Scientist at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science for more than 2 decades. She specializes in forestry and climate change related issues – Inventory, Mitigation, Vulnerability Profiling and Adaptation. She is the Land Use Change and Forestry expert involved in the National Communications of India to the UNFCCC. She has developed CDM and REDD+ projects in India and has been involved in formulation of climate proofing and green growth strategies for ongoing and proposed developmental projects. She is a forestry and climate change consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank and other multilateral agencies. She has published many journal articles and is one of the Contributing Authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) and GEO-6 Asia Pacific Report. She is also the Coordinating Lead Author for the Global Environment Outlook-6 of UNEP.