Research

I conduct research on climate change, working with scholars and practitioners in climate science, economics, and human geography to build knowledge about how climatic changes are shaping societies, infrastructure, and ecosystems.

  • Social Protection and Climate Change. 2024. World Bank.

    Costella, Cecilia; Shabahat, Elham; Sadiq, Nian & Okamura, Yuko.

    Co-author for a discussion paper that reviews the roles of social protection and jobs policies in addressing climate-related risks and challenges.

    Link to report.

  • Resilience Rating System: Synthesizing Key Lessons from IDA19 Piloting. 2024. World Bank

    Sundus Naeem Siddiqi and Elham Shabahat.

    Co-lead author for a policy report on lessons learned from applying the Resilience Rating System on projects in multiple sectors: energy, transport, urban, human development (health, education, social protection, and jobs), agriculture, water, and environment.

    Link to report.

  • World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies. World Bank.


    Research contributor to Chapter 3 of the World Bank’s WDR 2023 on how climate change is influencing human mobility across the globe.

    Link to the WDR 2023 report.

  • Groundswell Part II: Acting on Internal Climate Migration. 2021. World Bank.


    Clement, Viviane; Rigaud, Kanta Kumari; de Sherbinin, Alex; Jones, Bryan; Adamo, Susana; Schewe, Jacob; Sadiq, Nian; Shabahat, Elham.

    Contributed research and literature review for a World Bank report that models plausible climate migration pathways within countries.

    Read the report here.

  • Resilience Rating System: A Methodology for Building and Tracking Resilience to Climate Change. 2021. World Bank.


    Coauthor for methodology that provides specific assessment and reporting criteria that can be used to track resilience, either by how a project is designed or how it provides the tools, institutions, and infrastructure needed to cope with climate change impacts and natural hazards.

    Available here.