Krishna K. Shrestha is Professor of Global Development at the UNSW ADA School of Social Sciences. He is a development and environmental geographer with research interests encompassing: Global Indigenous Studies; Critical Development Studies; Urban Planning and Policy; Environmental Governance; Disaster Resilience, and Climate Change Adaptation, in particular, the intersection of these six with his work on Environmental Justice. He is the founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Lab (IKL). His scholarship works alongside a commitment to activism and public engagement, and addresses urgent questions pertaining to indigenous rights, climate justice, public policy, the right to land and the everyday and systemic struggles that continue to dominate the lives of the most marginalised communities in the world.