Roman Czebiniak

NBS & Climate Private Sector Lead World Resources Institute

Roman Paul Czebiniak is an attorney and founder with 20 years’ experience on climate and nature issues, including tropical deforestation. Based in Washington, DC, Roman is WRI’s Nature-Based Solutions and Climate Private Sector Lead. Prior to joining WRI, Roman lived and worked in Indonesia, where he advised multi-national companies and philanthropies on social and sustainability issues.

In addition to helping businesses adopt and implement policies, he founded The Forest Institute, co-founded EcoNusantara, and through earlier work for the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, and others, advanced the adoption of agreements and laws in the UNFCCC, Indonesia, the US, and California.