Kelly Dorkenoo
Former Visiting Fellow
Kelly Dorkenoo was a visiting fellow at CDRI between 2022 and 2024 during her doctoral research on climate-induced loss and damage in rural communities in Cambodia. She holds a master’s degree in environmental management and policy and a PhD in Sustainability Science from Lund University, Sweden. She previously worked in international policy and capacity building for climate action and implementation of the Paris Agreement outcomes related to climate adaptation. Her areas of interest are land-based resources and livelihoods, climate change, and inclusive development.
Understanding how actors perceive and anticipate future states of the world is gaining traction in climate change governance scholarship and related calls for sustainability transformations. However, smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and local communities, who are expected to bear disproportionate burdens of loss and damage from climate c...
The uneven burden of climate-related losses and damages and its implications for equity and social justice are receiving growing attention in science and policy. Smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and ethnic minorities are often identifed as particularly vulnerable and likely to experience a greater burden of climate-related loss and damag...
