Syed Adeel Abbas, Regional Lead, The World Bank

Syed Adeel Abbas brings over two decades of experience in climate change adaptation, resilience, and green growth to his role at the World Bank. He has led the development of the Middle East and North Africa Climate Change Roadmap and supported more than twenty policy and lending operations across the region. With a background spanning energy, urban development, and environment, he works at the intersection of climate strategy and practical finance, helping governments build projects that can attract the scale of funding real resilience requires.