Lorenzo Carrera works as Program Leader for Sustainable Development at The World Bank, based in Dakar, Senegal, where he coordinates a portfolio of investment projects and analytics in Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal. Previously to the World Bank, he has worked in the private sector on infrastructure development projects and in academia on climate change economics. He holds a PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change, a MSc in Civil Engineering and a second MSc in Land and Water Conservation.