A doctoral student of Energy from Pakistan, Ms. Tooba Masood and a
Master’s student in Gender and Development Studies from Cambodia, Ms.
Raksa Sok, participated in the IPCC Media workshop and press conference
that was led by Jonathan Lynn, Head of Communications, IPCC.
Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal, Associate Professor of Energy from AIT, was
among the three IPCC scientists who spoke about climate science at the
media event. Dr. Shobhakar presented options for mitigation; while Dr.
Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary of the IPCC presented the basic issues in
climate science, and IPCC author Dr. Seree Supratid spoke about Impacts
and future risks.
Thirteen AIT students hailing from eight countries also participated
in the outreach event on “IPCC Role, Activities and Findings,” where
they were introduced to IPCC role and activities by Dr. Youba Sokona,
Vice-Chair of the IPCC. They also participated in the deliberations of
the three working groups of IPCC. Dr. Shobhakar, who was the
coordinating lead author in IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report served as a
panelist where he presented key findings of urbanization, cities and
climate change mitigation.
Participating students from AIT included Ms. Raksa Sok (Cambodia) from
Gender and Development Studies; Mr. Bui Phan Quoc Nghia (Vietnam) from
Climate Change; Ms. Laphongngern Thepphavong (Laos), Mr. Raunak Thapa
and Ms. Sharmin Rauf (Nepal) from MBA-Energy Business; Ms. Tooba Masood
(Pakistan), Ms. Samidhi Wickremesinghe (Sri Lanka), Mr. Bhavin Pradhan
and Mr. Pratik Karki (Nepal), Mr. Piriya Poakorkeatikul (Thailand), and
Mr. Rohit C Unni (India) from Energy; and Mr. Rehan Haq and Ms. Sobia
Asghar (Pakistan) from Natural Resource Management. Rehan, Sobia and
Tooba are doctoral students, while the other students are pursuing a
Master’s program at AIT.
