Chandra Shekhar Sinha is a climate finance and carbon markets expert with more than three decades of experience spanning renewable energy, climate policy, carbon finance, and international development. He is Global Lead for Carbon Markets and Finance at the World Bank, where he works on the development of carbon markets, climate finance, and policy approaches to mobilize investment for climate action. He previously served as Adviser to the World Bank's Climate Change Group and as Lead Climate Change Specialist for the South Asia Region, where he worked on climate change and disaster risk management.

Chandra began his career at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), where he spent eight years working on rural energy, renewable energy, and climate change. He subsequently held senior roles at the World Bank across energy, carbon finance, and climate programs, including leading operations for the Prototype Carbon Fund, Netherlands CDM Facility, and Umbrella Carbon Facility. He also served as Head of Asia for Environmental Markets at J.P. Morgan's Global Commodities Group. His career combines renewable energy policy, carbon market development, climate finance, and international development, with extensive experience designing and implementing financial mechanisms to support low-carbon investment.