Hamza Abdullah is a Consultant at CPI for the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA). He has five years of professional experience spanning climate policy, urban planning, capacity building, and smart city innovation.

Before joining CPI, Hamza worked with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India, supporting initiatives like the Smart Cities Mission and ClimateSmart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF). He developed digital tools and capacity-building manuals for climate-smart city governance.

Hamza’s research interests lie in leveraging finance and technology to support just and equitable climate action, particularly on adaptation and extreme heat resilience. He holds a master’s degree in Urbanisation and Development, specializing in climate change, from the London School of Economics and Political Science on a Chevening scholarship. His dissertation investigated extreme heat risks among urban manual workers, supported by a grant from the Royal Geographical Society, UK.