DUTIES: WBICC is searching for a Sr. Economist (climate change) who would have the following key responsibilities:
• Provide intellectual leadership and strategic guidance as required on economic issues covered by the unit, including topics such as methodologies for economic analysis of mitigation options, economic costs of degradation and genuine savings (economic prioritization of environmental and natural resource degradation challenges), and economics of adaptation to climate change.
• Lead the Development of a Low Carbon Studies Best Practice Learning Program: initially jointly with ESMAP, assess the process and outcomes from the initial 5 LCS, extract principal lessons learnt and convert into a learning program, which in its final form should become a module of the larger climate change e-learning library WBI is producing. This would also involve following other ongoing LCS type studies by other organizations, to incorporate and reflect their best practice approaches, eventually leading to a toolkit for clients and WBG teams on how to undertake a LCS.
• Contribute to the development of a Learning Program on city level low carbon and climate resilience planning, building on the national level LCS work, regional and Anchor initiatives, develop a learning program geared towards city mayors and other relevant decision makers. This would involve reviewing ongoing LCS type studies by other groups and organizations (e.g Eco2Cities, Cities Alliance, PPIAF, others) and reflect their best practice in a toolkit for clients and WBG teams. In its final form this should become a module of the larger cities and climate change e-learning library WBI is producing.
• Contribute to the development of a learning program on the economic opportunity cost of reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD), jointly with the Forest Carbon Partnership Fund team.
• Contribute from an economic perspective to various initiatives by WBICC, including learning programs for parliamentarians, media, and youth, Program of Activities.
• Beyond development of high quality learning program, actively deliver and build partnerships (with regional hubs, centers of excellence, etc) to wholesale delivery of learning programs.
• In select places, provide customized support to help leaders and change agents apply relevant knowledge to their specific situation. Typically, but not always, this would be as part of a larger WBG policy dialogue or operation.
• Maintain a close cooperation with other WBI Practice Areas (e.g. Growth and Crisis, Private Sector, Leadership, others), the Anchor (Urban, Energy, ENV, ARD), and the Regions (particularly regarding ongoing DPLs or investment operations, involving climate finance for climate adaptation and mitigation measures.
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