Stephen Hammer currently serves as a senior policy advisor focused on International Climate Policy and Strategy with the World Bank's Climate Change Group in Washington DC. In this role he advises WBG senior management and has led the Bank's climate policy-related engagement with key international fora including the G7, G20, the UNFCCC, and numerous global commissions and working groups focused on climate finance. Dr. Hammer was instrumental in the creation of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, and most recently has served as a technical advisor helping the UNFCCC Transitional Committee on Loss and Damage (L&D) operationalize the new global L&D fund authorized at COP27.
Before assuming his current role, he previously served as Manager of Climate Policy, and Global Lead on Cities and Climate Change for the World Bank Group.
Before joining the World Bank, Dr. Hammer was a professor at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP). He also previously taught at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, the Milano School of Policy, Management and the Environment, and the Pratt Institute. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.
Dr. Hammer can be reached at shammer (at) worldbank.org.
Before assuming his current role, he previously served as Manager of Climate Policy, and Global Lead on Cities and Climate Change for the World Bank Group.
Before joining the World Bank, Dr. Hammer was a professor at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP). He also previously taught at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, the Milano School of Policy, Management and the Environment, and the Pratt Institute. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.
Dr. Hammer can be reached at shammer (at) worldbank.org.