Alex Hanafi

Alex Hanafi, Senior Manager, Multilateral Climate Strategy and Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund

Alex Hanafi is Senior Manager of Multilateral Climate Strategy and a Senior Attorney in the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)’s Global Climate Program. In his work at EDF, he coordinates research and advocacy programs designed to promote policies and build institutions that effectively apply economic incentives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions around the globe. Prior to joining EDF, he led the international practice for a negotiation consulting firm based in Boston, Massachusetts; served in the private environmental bar in San Francisco and Washington D.C., and worked with developing country lawyers to improve domestic enforcement of environmental and human rights laws. Alex received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his undergraduate degree (Biology; Art History) from Duke University