Sanjay Pariyar is a Climate and Disaster Resilient Development Specialist with professional experience working at the interface of climate policy, disaster risk reduction, early warning systems and humanitarian preparedness across South and Southeast Asia. He is currently based in Vientiane, Lao PDR, where he works with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, embedded within the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office, providing technical leadership on disaster governance, early warning systems, and humanitarian preparedness and response.
His work has contributed directly to high-level national and regional processes, including the development of Nationally Determined Contributions, the rollout of the global Early Warning for All initiative, and the formulation of national and sectoral disaster risk reduction strategies and action plans. He has worked closely with governments, United Nations agencies, civil society and development partners to translate global climate and disaster frameworks into practical, country-owned solutions.
He holds a Master’s degree in Climate Change from the Australian National University.
