Alberto Pallecchi
Partnerships and Engagement Lead, WRI Europe
Alberto is Partnerships and Engagement Lead at WRI Europe. He focuses on building and nurturing strategic partnerships, developing multi-country initiatives, and turning relationships with Europe-based organizations into result-driven collaborations for people, nature and climate. Prior to his current role, Alberto was instrumental for the establishment of 'WRI Faith and Sustainability' in 2021, where he served as the initiative's Head. Before that, he supported the establishment of WRI's presence in Europe, becoming its first hired employee in 2015.
Before his time at World Resources Institute, Alberto worked with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA, ACP-EU), an international development organization; the European University Institute (EUI), a research institute and also worked for a justice institute in The Hague, the Italian General Consulate in Miami, and a human rights NGO in Italy.
Alberto holds a cum laude master’s degree in Political Science from La Sapienza University of Rome, a second master’s degree in International Communication from Hanze University of Groningen, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Roma Tre University.
Outside work Alberto is a vinyl collector, passionate with music, movies and travels, and an enthusiast supporter of A.S. Roma football club.
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Faith and Sustainability
Visit ProjectSupporting faith-based sustainability projects and enabling faith-based communities to build capacity for community-level solutions.
Part of Equity & GovernanceWater, Peace & Security Partnership
Launch PlatformLaunch Platform Visit ProjectThe Water, Peace and Security (WPS) Partnership was founded in 2018 to pioneer the development of innovative tools that identify and address water-related security risks.
Part of Water SecurityWater Security
Visit ProjectAddressing the security threats countries, cities and companies face from increasing, intensifying water risks
Part of Freshwater