Haseeb Bakhtary

Haseeb is a senior consultant at Climate Focus. His current areas of research focus on food systems, agriculture and land use topics. During his tenure here at Climate Focus, he has contributed to many projects. These include the annual New York Declaration on Forests progress assessment and several projects on the role and potential of food systems and nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Prior to joining Climate Focus, Haseeb held a role at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Afghanistan. Here Haseeb provided assistance to public universities in setting up their public administration faculties. He also provided his expertise in the guise of advisor to national and international organizations such as Samuel Halls, specifically focused on public policy and governance in Afghanistan. 

Haseeb holds a degree from Mysore University (BA.LLB) in India and a degree in International Law from the London Metropolitan University (LLM International Law) in the UK. In addition, he earned his master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration at Potsdam University in Germany.

In his free time, Haseeb enjoys the outdoors, especially running and hiking. He is also a keen reader and derives great pleasure from going to the movies.