Somini Sengupta

Somini Sengupta, the international climate reporter for The New York Times, tells the stories of communities and landscapes most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A George Polk Award-winning foreign correspondent, she has reported from a Congo River ferry, a Himalayan glacier, the streets of Baghdad and Mumbai, and many places in between. As The Times’s United Nations correspondent, she reported on global challenges from war to women’s rights. Her first book, “The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young,” was published in 2016 by W.W. Norton. She grew up in India, Canada and the United States, graduating from the University of California at Berkeley.