Urwah Khan

Urwah is a climate, energy transition, carbon finance and sustainable finance professional with nearly 10 years of experience across commercial banking, the United Nations, multilateral development banks and the private sector, with experience spanning international markets. His work covers enterprise climate strategy, net-zero transition, operational and financed emissions, ESG governance and reporting, including alignment with European sustainability reporting requirements and leading global disclosure frameworks. Previously, he worked with the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre on climate policy, carbon markets and carbon finance, and with the Asian Development Bank, World Bank and Singapore’s Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation on energy transition, climate finance and decarbonisation programmes across sectors including power and energy, transport, maritime, waste, and heavy industry.He holds a PhD from Nagoya University and has also been affiliated with the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.