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Dr. Joyashree Roy is currently the Professor of Economics at Jadavpur University Kolkata in India. She initiated and also coordinates the Global Change Programme at Jadavpur University (www.juglobalchangeprogram.org ) which focuses on selected aspects of Climate Change research and beyond . She Directs the SYLFF -Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (http://www.jusylffprogram.org) -Project on “Tradition Social Change and Sustainable Development: A Holistic Approach� at the same university. She was a Ford Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow in Environmental Economics at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory California USA. She is one of the two Coordinating Lead Authors of the Industry chapter of the (IPCC) Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (AR4 AR5). IPCC is the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner. She has been involved in preparation of Stern Review Report Global Energy Assessment and many other national and global reports. She is in Steering committee of LOICZ. In her independent research capacity she has authored books and written over sixty articles in peer reviewed leading professional journals and books. Current research interests are: Economics of Climate Change modeling energy demand economy-wide modeling exercises for deriving policy implications water quality demand modeling water pricing urban infrastructure development policy issues sustainable indicator estimation natural resource accounting valuing environmental services and developmental and environmental issues relevant for informal sectors Coastal Ecosystem service evaluation. She is interested in multidisciplinary approaches to understanding development issues. She has widely traveled to almost every continent for her extensive research collaborations and capacity building efforts in the field of Resource energy environment and the climate change.