Faiza Solanki is a Senior Program Associate with the Climate Program at WRI India. Here, she engages with a network of national, state and city experts to support the team in fostering readiness and mainstreaming climate action at the subnational level. Her current work focusses on thematic areas based on Climate smart cities Assessment Framework, City climate action planning, Corporate climate action strategy for decarbonization and Climate Finance.

Faiza is a climate-smart development enthusiast with significant experience in the space prior to joining WRI India, including her engagement in the Climate Smart Cities project with GIZ for Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, where she supported on-field technical activities, research and communication products, training and capacity building workshops for government officials in coordination with diverse bilateral, international, and national actors. Her experience with ITDP India together with portfolio related to LEED certified green building projects drives her passion in local action planning.

By training, Faiza is an Architect and Urban Planner and holds a master’s in Planning with majors in Urban Planning from CEPT University, where she was also a merit scholar and holds a bachelor’s in Architecture from ANNA University, Chennai. Apart from this, she is also a certified ICCE accredited GHG specialist.

Faiza is a learner and a keen explorer. Seashores, sunsets and plants are the little things she enjoys for unwinding during off-work hours.