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{{Short description|Environmental scientist and academic}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Joyeeta Gupta
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|06|12}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| workplaces = [[University of Amsterdam]]
| alma_mater = [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]] [[Harvard Law School]] [[Gujarat University]] [[Delhi University]] [[Loreto Convent School]]
| thesis_title = The climate change convention and developing countries: from conflict to consensus?
| thesis_url = https://worldcat.org/en/title/68447002
| thesis_year = 1997
| awards = [[Spinoza Prize]] (2023) [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (2007)
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Joyeeta Gupta''' (born 12 June, 1964) is an Indian environmental scientist who is professor of environment and development at the [[University of Amsterdam]] and co-chair of the Earth Commission.<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref><ref name=epmc>{{EuropePMC}}</ref> She is a member of the Amsterdam Global Change Institute. She was awarded the Association of American Publishers PROSE award for Environmental Science and the 2023 [[Spinoza Prize]].

== Early life and education ==
Gupta was born in Delhi and studied at [[Loreto Convent School, Delhi|Loreto Convent School]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=India-born climate researcher honoured with top science prize in The Netherlands |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-born-climate-researcher-joyeeta-gupta-top-science-prize-netherlands-8668327/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=indianexpress.com|publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> She studied economics at [[Delhi University]].{{cn}} She retrained in law at [[Gujarat University]], then moved to the United States for her graduate studies, specializing in international law at [[Harvard Law School]].{{cn}} Gupta completed her doctoral research at [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]], where she studied climate change in developing countries.<ref>{{Cite thesis|degree=PhD|first=Joyeeta|last=Gupta |title=The climate change convention and developing countries: from conflict to consensus? |oclc=68447002 |year=1997|doi=10.1007/978-94-015-8925-3}}</ref> Her doctoral research was the first to determine the consequences of climate change, including elevated risks of flooding, drought and lost harvests.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Professor Joyeeta Gupta {{!}} NWO |url=https://www.nwo.nl/en/professor-joyeeta-gupta |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=nwo.nl |language=en}}</ref>

== Research and career ==
In 2013, Gupta joined the faculty at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research has considered the impacts of climate change on society, demonstrating elevated tensions between the rich and poor. She has argued that to prevent conflict and climate change induced injustice it is critical to redistribute natural resources, and measure national growth based on global constitutionalism instead of gross domestic product.<ref name=":0" />

In 2016, Gupta was appointed co-chair of the [[United Nations]] (UN) Environment's Global Environmental Outlook-6.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joyeeta Gupta |url=https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/person/joyeeta-gupta/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=earthsystemgovernance.org |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, she became Faculty Professor on Sustainability, where she leads a program on Governance and Inclusive Development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joyeeta Gupta |url=https://www.weforum.org/people/joyeeta-gupta/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=weforum.org|publisher=[[World Economic Forum]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Awards and honors ===
* [[2007 Nobel Peace Prize]]{{Clarify|pre-text=remove or|reason=Ms Gupta was an author associated with the IPCC, not a winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ms. Joyeeta Gupta {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs |url=https://sdgs.un.org/panelists/ms-joyeeta-gupta-32977 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=sdgs.un.org}}</ref>
* 2015 Atmospheric Science Librarians International Choice Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 ASLI Choice Awards Winners |url=https://www.aslionline.org/wp/2015-asli-choice-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=aslionline.org|publisher=Atmospheric Science Librarians International |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2019 Association of American Publishers PROSE award for Environmental Science<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 Award Winners |url=https://proseawards.com/winners/2019-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=proseawards.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2021 ERC Advanced Grant<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Joyeeta Gupta has received an Advanced Grant worth €2.5 million from the European Research Council |url=https://jpi-climate.eu/news/professor-joyeeta-gupta-has-received-an-advanced-grant-worth-e2-5-million-from-the-european-research-council/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=jpi-climate.eu |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2023 [[Spinoza Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highest awards in Dutch scientific community granted to four researchers {{!}} NWO |url=https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/highest-awards-in-dutch-scientific-community-granted-to-four-researchers |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=nwo.nl |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Amsterdam |first=Universiteit van |title=Prestigious Spinoza Prize for UvA professor Joyeeta Gupta |url=https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/news/2023/06/prestigious-spinoza-prize-for-uva-professor-joyeeta-gupta.html |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=uva.nl|publisher=University of Amsterdam |language=en}}</ref>

=== Selected publications ===
* {{Cite Q|Q59463859}}
* {{Cite Q|Q57030956}}
* {{Cite Q|Q63614615}}

== References ==
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