Labanya Prakash Jena

Labanya has over 20 years in financial services, green finance, and international development. He is a Director at the Climate and Sustainability Initiative (CSI). Additionally, he serves as a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He previously worked with the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), the Climate Policy Initiative, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the UNDP, the World Resources Institute, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Labanya is an avid writer on climate and green finance. He co-authored a book, “Net-Zero Trio: Synchronizing Technology, Business, and Policy for Green Transition,” published by Bloomsbury.

Background

Labanya holds a Master’s in Economics from Utkal University and is also a CFA Charter holder from the CFA Institute. Besides, he is a Research Scholar at Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, India

Research interests

• Transition Finance in Developing Countries
• Sustainable Finance Policy and Regulation
• Green Industrial Policy
• Climate Finance Innovation