Josué Tanaka is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics, a Principal Finance Advisor at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, an Honorary Senior Fellow in Climate Finance at Imperial College London, and a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI Global.

Josué has been working on development, environmental and urban finance for close to 45 years starting in Brazil and then at the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).  At the World Bank he worked in strategic planning, was special assistant to the President and developed the Environmental Program for the Mediterranean.  At the EBRD, he started the municipal and environmental infrastructure team, was country director and then corporate director for strategic and corporate planning and budget.

He was the Managing Director of the EBRD climate initiative which financed over USD 42 billion in close to 2,000 climate change mitigation and adaptation projects during his tenure.

Josué holds a PhD and MSc from MIT and a BSE from Princeton University.