James Correia is an Environmental Law and Policy Analyst at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a PhD candidate in Global Environmental Governance at the University of Tokyo, and a Research Fellow for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). He has almost a decade of experience in climate change and various aspects of the green transition, international economic and environmental cooperation, developing policy research and analysis, and contributing to public governance, institutional reform, and sustainable development.
He recently concluded a two-year role at the ADBI, publishing some 15+ short-form articles, policy briefs, working papers, and book chapters and delivering 30+ capacity building initiatives on the sustainability transformation in Asia and the Pacific. Across a range of posts with the New Zealand Government, he was involved in negotiating the EU-NZ FTA, monitoring and reporting on the EU Green Deal, deepening regional commitments with ASEAN, APEC, and the CPTPP, and supporting the COVID-19 response and recovery. He previously completed the OECD Young Professionals’ Programme (YPP), analyzing international regulatory cooperation (IRC), drafting a chapter of the Regulatory Policy Outlook, and developing a Compendium of International Organizations’ Practices. He has also worked with international trade at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), multilevel governance at the EU, and migration policy research at Trinity College Dublin.
James holds a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Maastricht University, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Politics and International Studies from the University of Melbourne, and Executive Certificates in Law and Sustainability from Oxford University, climate transparency and GHG MRV from UNU-IAS, and Migration Policy from the European University Institute (EUI).