Ripin Kalra

Ripin leads our urban analytics, planning, and climate resilience work, with a significant focus on nature-based solutions, sustainable food systems, urban livelihoods, and resource-efficient development.

During his career, he worked on urban-resilience and risk-reduction projects in more than 30 countries while in senior and leadership positions in global engineering, multi-disciplinary and integrated-planning firms.

In his work, Ripin collaborates extensively with public- and private-sector clients, urban local authorities, international financing institutions, foundations, and iNGO(s). He is currently a team leader for Kathmandu Valley Diagnostic Study (World Bank), technical advisor on the Nepal Urban Resilience Project (UK FCDO), and Project Director for Low Carbon Korea (EU).

Ripin’s previous projects in a project-leadership role include: Co-author of the Belize Prioritised National Climate Resilience Investment Plan (2013-14, World Bank); Project Director for Assessment and road-maps for climate hazard insurance instruments in Sub-Saharan Africa (2012-13, World Bank); Project Director for Climate resilience of Indian Smart Cities (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, 2016-17); Tackling climate change through affordable green housing (International Finance Corporation/ World Bank, 2012); Establishing a remediation co-ordination cell in Bangladesh garment sector (International Labour Organization, 2017-18); Jharkhand Urban Planning Capacity Building (FCDO, 2018-19); and Support Programme for Urban Reform (FCDO, 2009-11).