Virinder Sharma

Senior Consultant and former Principal Urban Development Specialist
, ADB
Profile / Bio: 

Mr. Sharma takes a lead role in managing delivery, maintaining strategic relationships, providing technical and advisory support to the ADB and to the UK Department for International Development (DFID), leading a team of 10 technical professionals and managing the implementation of 50 projects under the ADB administered multi-donor $150 M Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF). Dr. Sharma is a sustainable development professional with more than 25 years of experience in designing, planning, executing, and monitoring programs on Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environment, Urban Development, and Rural Livelihoods. He has worked in India, Kenya and the Philippines, and managed projects in the UK, Australia, People's Republic of China, and Nepal.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
Insights from Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF): Philippines Roadshow 21 November 2023 Slides Urban Development, Water, Climate Change
Building Urban Resilience of Vulnerable Communities: UCCRTF Experience (EN and CN) 04 September 2019 Slides Climate Change, Finance, Urban Development
Building Urban Resilience of Vulnerable Communities: UCCRTF Experience (RUS) 04 September 2019 Slides Climate Change, Urban Development
Adaptation and Mitigation Finance (Urban and Water) 20 September 2018 Slides Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance, Urban Development, Water
Climate Finance in the Urban Sector 28 June 2017 Slides Climate Change, Finance, Urban Development
Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund 19 September 2016 Slides Health, Urban Development, Climate Change