World Bank Senior Director for Climate Change John Roome has a metaphorically rich philosophy of leadership.
As the bank’s climate change chief, Roome doesn’t have the luxury to wait for change to happen on its own. His job is to get the World Bank, policymakers and the development community to see that we’re all sitting on a platform that’s on fire and in need of quick repairs. What does leadership look like under that kind of pressure?
Speaking during last week’s Global Leadership Forum at the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Roome drew on his experiences at the nexus of development and climate change and laid out a recipe for effective leadership and changemaking.
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Jeff Tyson@jtyson21
Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.
