Warren Evans is the sector director of the World Bank Environment Department. His main responsibilities include overseeing the implementation of the bank's environment strategy. In that role he is responsible for integrating environmental objectives in lending and non-lending operations and providing leadership with internal and external stakeholders, including the expansion and strengthening of global environmental partnerships. Evans is also a key spokesperson for the bank on climate change and related programs, such as carbon finance, with a primary responsibility of implementing and integrating climate concerns into operational work. Evans has extensive experience working on environmental issues in developing countries. From 1988 to 2003, he held technical and managerial positions at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), where he served as director of the Environment and Social Safeguards Division based in the Philippines . Prior to that, he was an advisor to the Thai National Environment Board and served as Managing Director of an international environmental consulting firm based in Asia . Evans joined the World Bank in 2003.
Warren Evans is the sector director of the World Bank Environment Department. His main responsibilities include overseeing the implementation of the bank's environment strategy. In that role he is responsible for integrating environmental objectives in lending and non-lending operations and providing leadership with internal and external stakeholders, including the expansion and strengthening of global environmental partnerships. Evans is also a key spokesperson for the bank on climate change and related programs, such as carbon finance, with a primary responsibility of implementing and integrating climate concerns into operational work. Evans has extensive experience working on environmental issues in developing countries. From 1988 to 2003, he held technical and managerial positions at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), where he served as director of the Environment and Social Safeguards Division based in the Philippines . Prior to that, he was an advisor to the Thai National Environment Board and served as Managing Director of an international environmental consulting firm based in Asia . Evans joined the World Bank in 2003.