Stephen Hammer currently serves as an Advisor, focused on Global Partnerships & Strategy, with the World Bank's Climate Change Group in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Hammer leads on work associated with 'green recovery' from the COVID-19 crisis, Just Transition, and the Bank's climate-related engagement with the G7, G20, UNFCCC, and the UN Secretary General's climate team.  He previously served as Manager of Climate Policy for the World Bank Group, where he led an interdisciplinary team or 30 scientists, economists, technical experts, and support staff focused on frontier research on climate change and development topics, the mainstreaming of climate change in World Bank operations, and the provision of climate-related advisory services to clients and Bank teams.  Prior to assuming this role, he led the Bank's work on cities and climate change.  Before joining the World Bank in 2013, Dr. Hammer was a member of the graduate faculty 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. 

​Dr. Hammer can be reached at shammer (at) worldbank.org.