Darius Nassiry
Vice President of Climate, Resilience and Sustainability, WSP
Darius Nassiry’s team recently joined WSP USA, one of the world’s leading professional services firms, providing strategic advisory, engineering and design services. As a result, the team’s biggest recent achievement was the successful integration of climate finance into one of the fastest-growing firms in its sector, with industry-leading rankings for the company’s ESG program.
Why Watch
In 2024, Nassiry’s team will focus on addressing clients’ evolving needs in climate finance for both public and private sectors. In the U.S., new federal funding, like that from the Inflation Reduction Act, opens doors for investing in climate-resilient infrastructure. Additionally, the upcoming “Nationally Determined Contributions 3.0″ in 2025 will play a crucial role in determining if the U.S. stays on track with the Paris Agreement goals, potentially unlocking substantial finance for low-emission, climate-resilient development.
“The low-carbon economy of the future will not be today’s economy with less carbon, but rather a fundamentally different economy,” he said. “Trends such as climate change, technological advancements, such as AI, and changes in social and cultural norms will transform the future. Continued declines in the costs of solar energy, wind power, and battery storage will expand the near and long-term options available for emerging and developing economies.”
Fun fact: Nassiry and his family have lived and worked overseas: Europe ⏤ in Norway and Sweden ⏤ as well as Asia – in Japan and South Korea. Earlier in his career, he worked in Mexico and Kenya.