Labanya Prakash Jena

About

Labanya has over 20 years in financial services, green finance, and international development. He is a Director and Advisor at the Climate and Sustainability Initiative (CSI). Besides, he is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Climate Finance Expert at the Asian Development Bank and Consultant at IEEFA. He earlier worked with the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), IEEFA, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), Commonwealth Secretariat, UNDP, and World Resources Institute (WRI). He is currently the principal investigator for the “Financing India’s Net-Zero Targets” roadmap, which is being developed at NITI Aayog. Before entering the climate change field, Labanya Prakash Jena spent more than a decade in the financial services sector.
Labanya is an avid writer on climate and green finance. He co-authored a book, “Net-Zero Trio: Synchronizing Technology, Business, and Policy for Green Transition,” published by Bloomsbury.

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Publications (2)

• Bibliographic Analysis of Climate Change Risk in the Financial System
  Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective 2026 DOI: 10.1177/09722629261422071
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• Blended financing application in Indian cities’ clean transportation financing
  Journal of Social and Economic Development 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s40847-023-00281-w
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