Carter Brandon joined World Resources Institute in February 2019 to lead work on the economics and finance of climate change adaptation in support of the Global Commission on Adaptation. Prior to that, he had a 24-year career at the World Bank, culminating as Global Lead Economist for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change. His responsibilities included economic analysis, policy research, and financing strategies in those areas. While at the World Bank, he also held various senior and management positions spanning the environment, agriculture, poverty and climate change sectors in the Washington, DC headquarters (Latin America and Asia departments) and two field offices (Beijing and Buenos Aires).
Prior to joining the World Bank, he started and ran the Development Economics Group, an economics consulting firm. He also made a documentary film on political unrest in Chiapas, Mexico, and played bassoon in the Paris Symphony. He graduated from Harvard University (B.A.) and Oxford University (MSc and DPhil, ABD, Agricultural Economics), where he was a Rhodes Scholar.