Pasang Yangjee Sherpa is a Sharwa anthropologist from Pharak, southern part of Mt. Everest region in northeastern Nepal. Her research, writing and pedagogy focus on climate change and Indigeneity among Himalayan communities, guided by the question: How do we live in the midst of dying? Her current research applies a community-centered approach to exploring the possibilities of collective survival on a warming planet. She is an assistant professor of Lifeways in Indigenous Asia, jointly appointed in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. In 2024, she received the Mellon New Directions Fellowship to study ‘Sherpa Geomorphology,’ and the SSHRC Insight Development Grant to lead her project, “Living with Climate Change.” She is currently serving on the Scientific Steering Committee for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) workshop on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems.