Ani Dasgupta is President and CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI) and author of The New Global Possible: Rebuilding Optimism in the Age of Climate Crisis. At WRI, Dasgupta spearheads global efforts to drive system change for people, nature and climate. Ani's visionary leadership is defined by evidence-based solutions that improve people’s lives by creating a future with abundant energy at low prices, cleaner air to breathe, thriving cities, healthy food and better jobs.

In 2026, he was named to the TIME100 Climate. A widely recognized leader in climate policy, finance, sustainable cities and poverty alleviation, Dasgupta has built transformative partnerships with governments, corporations and civil society. He brings a global perspective to ensure that environmental solutions are both scalable and equitable. His thought leadership is frequently featured in leading media outlets including the New York Times, TIME Magazine, BBC and Financial Times.

Since becoming CEO, Dasgupta has charted WRI's course with a bold new five-year strategy, Getting the Transition Right for People, Nature and Climate 2023–2027, which envisions a new era of economic opportunity to meet people's essential needs, restore nature and rapidly lower emissions while building resilient communities—advancing an integrated approach that treats people, nature and climate as a single agenda. Under his leadership, WRI has become a $300 million organization with more than 2,000 staff worldwide. He has been a champion of embedding equity throughout the institute's work and promoted the Campaign for People, Nature and Climate.

In 2021, Dasgupta became WRI’s fourth president in the organization's nearly 40-year history, after seven years as global director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. Under his leadership, the WRI Ross Center grew to become one of the largest programs of its kind with teams working in 150 cities and a reach of more than 400 cities across the globe. He established large, multi-stakeholder partnerships with city, national and corporate leaders and helped lead innovative initiatives, including the World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City, the New Urban Mobility alliance (NUMO) and the Coalition for Urban Transitions.

Prior to joining WRI in 2014, Dasgupta spent nearly two decades at the World Bank. He served as director of knowledge and learning, where he developed the Bank’s first knowledge strategy. His work spanned urban development, poverty and infrastructure in East Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He also worked extensively in the World Bank’s Jakarta office as head of infrastructure, where he was deeply involved in post-2004 tsunami reconstruction in Aceh.

Originally from Delhi, India, Dasgupta developed an early interest in buildings and design. He earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture with an emphasis on low-income housing at the School of Planning and Architecture in India then went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dasgupta holds master's degrees from MIT in city planning and architecture.

He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and has two children.