Khady Yama Sarr is a Lecturer at the Institute of Public Policies in the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD). She holds PhD degree in Climate Change Economics from the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) program. Her research interests focus on economy, the effects of climate change on the Senegalese economy through agriculture, and the impacts of climate change on agricultural production, prices, household income and gender.