Mr. Ijjasz is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He is a Senior Advisor to several international organizations and IFIs, including the ADB, AIIB, and the World Bank, with a focus on climate change adaptation. Mr. Ijjasz worked for 23 years at the World Bank, in more than 90 developing and emerging economies in all regions of the world – from fragile and conflict-affected countries to high-middle-income countries. He oversaw a portfolio of more than $80B of investments and close to 800 policy reports on infrastructure, sustainable development, and climate change. Mr. Ijjasz is a member of the Board of Directors of Miyamoto International, a humanitarian and disaster response company; Cadasta, a foundation that leverages technology to provide land right titles to indigenous peoples; and the Global Reporting Initiative, an organization that develops ESG standards currently used by more than 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Mr. Ijjasz has a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Hydrology and Water Resources. He has also lectured at Johns Hopkins University, Tsinghua University in Beijing, the National University of Singapore, and Georgetown University. Mr. Ijjasz has published books on climate change, organizational effectiveness, and knowledge management. He has been featured in, and has been an expert source to, several global media outlets such as CNN, Wall St. Journal, Time, The Economist, LA Times, and CNBC.