Division
Programs Unit
Position
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Areas of Work
Regional Coordinator for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), climate change adaptation
Fareeha Iqbal
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Fareeha Y. Iqbal is a Senior Climate Change Adaptation Specialist and also coordinates GEF programming across Small Island Developing States (SIDS). She works across a broad range of issues and sectors in the climate change adaptation team, and prior to joining the GEF in 2014 worked with the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, consulting firms, and non-government organizations in Washington, DC as well as in developing countries. Fareeha holds a Masters in City Planning (MCP) degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; 2003), where she studied urban planning, climatology, and remote sensing. In her spare time, she enjoys meditation and learning to play classical guitar.
