The Fourth Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2021) will be held on July 26-27, 2021, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The conference will be conducted as a mix of in-person and virtual meetings.
The objective of the conference is to strengthen the regional dialogue, information and knowledge exchange in order to support climate-resilient evidence-based decision-making systems, as well as to explore the possibilities to ensure the synergy in climate projects implementation between international finance organizations and the development agencies in Central Asia.
A series of our publications will be dedicated to the speakers and moderators of the upcoming event. And, today, we would like to introduce you to Jane Ebinger, Sector Leader for Sustainable Development in Central Asia of the World Bank. She will be a speaker at the CACCC-2021 closing ceremony.
Jane O. Ebinger has recently joined the World Bank’s Central Asia team as Sector Leader for Sustainable Development. Prior to this she has held various positions at the Bank focusing on energy, climate change and sustainability issues, including:
• Program Leader for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure for Afghanistan;
• Director of Policy at Sustainable Energy for All (external assignment);
• Chief Technical Specialist on climate change; Manager for Climate Change Policy;
• Thematic Coordinator for Climate Change in the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program; and
• various operational assignments in Europe and Central Asia focused on energy, environment and carbon finance.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Jane worked in the oil and gas industry for BP and BHP Billiton covering environment management, safety and risk assessment, oil spill/ emergency response.
Jane O. Ebinger has an MA Mathematics and an MSc in Mathematical in Modeling and Numerical Analysis from Oxford University.
Stay tuned for further updates to know about other interesting speakers of the CACCC-2021.
