Ajay Gajanan Bhave

Ajay joined the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds in August 2016. He was previously based at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. His research focuses on climate change adaptation in water resources, stakeholder perceptions and decision-making approaches. He is now a Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle.
Background
Ajay is an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship awardee for the European Master’s programme in Environmental Science, Policy and Management. Ajay pursued his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and he is also associated with the Earth System Governance Project as a Research Fellow.
Research Interests
- Climate change adaptation in water resources
- Decision-making approaches
- Interdisciplinary approaches
- Riverine environmental flow assessment
- Green urban infrastructure
Research
Research - 2022
Malawi depends on Lake Malawi outflows into the Shire River for its water, energy and food (WEF) security. The authors of this paper explore future WEF security risks under the combined impacts of climate change and ambitious development pathways for water use expansion. Read more

Research - 2021
Abstract Uncertainty in long-term projections of future climate can be substantial and presents a major challenge to climate change adaptation... Read more

Research - 2020
Making climate-resilient planning and adaptation decisions is, in part, contingent on the use of climate information. Growing attention has been... Read more

Abstract Over 90% of Malawi’s electricity generation and irrigation depend on Lake Malawi outflows into the Shire River. Recent lake... Read more

Research - 2019
Malawi is highly dependent on water from Lake Malawi and the Shire River basin (Figure 1). Over 90% of Malawi’s... Read more

Research - 2018
Abstract Knowledge about regional and local climate change can inform climate risk assessments and adaptation decisions. However, estimates of future... Read more

This research applies a Decision‐Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) approach to explore the robustness of adaptation options and pathways against future climate and socioeconomic uncertainties in the Cauvery River Basin in Karnataka, India. Read more

Research - 2016
Abstract Climate change adaptation is unavoidable, particularly in developing countries where the adaptation deficit is often larger than in developed... Read more
