ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Warren Evans is the Special Senior Advisor (Climate Change), Office of the President at the Asian Development Bank.
Acting as ADB’s climate envoy, Warren provides broad oversight and guidance for ADB’s climate operations, including optimizing climate finance scale and impact, mobilizing new and additional technical and financial resources, strengthening ADB’s external climate partnerships and engagement with international climate agreements and initiatives, and reinforcing capacity development for climate change operations.
Warren has more than 40 years of experience with various multilateral development banks, private organizations, and other international organizations, including ADB and the World Bank, where he helped establish the Climate Investment Funds.
A national of the United States, he holds a Doctorate degree in Cleaner Production and Climate Change Policy from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, a Master’s degree in Environmental Health Engineering from the University of Kansas, and a Bachelor’s degree in Ecology from Kansas State University.
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MDBs' Climate Finance in Low and Middle-Income Countries Reaches $51 Billion in 2021
Climate finance committed by major multilateral development banks rose by more than 24% last year compared to 2020, according to the 2021 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance.
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Warren Evans on ADB's Climate Financing
Innovative finance is key to the fight against climate change, says ADB Climate Envoy Warren Evans at COP27. Here's why scaling up investments in adaptation can help governments achieve sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.