Over 20 years’ experience in social science research on climate adaptation (past-to-present drivers of vulnerability, risk of maladaptation, potential effectiveness of adaptation-related options, design of adaptation pathways). Expertise based on fieldworks (especially in coastal areas in small islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans) and involvement in international scientific processes (IPCC author, Scientific Committee of the World Adaptation Science Programme, lead of the framing chapter of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report). Methodological expertise in Structured Expert Judgment approaches.

Simron Singh conducts socio-metabolic research to evaluate how small island economies utilize (or metabolize) materials, energy, water, and infrastructure. He further analyzes how island economies can transition to a more sustainable, circular resource-use model, thereby bolstering their overall resilience to the impact of climate change.