Luana Betti is the Manager of Climate Socioeconomics and Finance at WRI Brasil, where she works on integrating climate risks and social development aspects into climate actions, as well as enhancing the quantity and quality of climate finance, with the goal of promoting a just transition to a zero-carbon and resilient economy in Brazil. In this role, Luana conducts research, develops tools and data, and promotes engagement and capacity building for governments, civil society, and the private sector.

Before joining WRI Brasil, Luana worked as a researcher at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment (GRI), contributing to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI). She also worked as an independent consultant in sustainable finance for development banks and an economist analyst in consultancy firms. In these capacities, Luana conducted analyses and lectures and engaged in studies focused on sustainable finance and other development areas.

Luana holds a master's degree in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics (LSE) in the UK and a master's degree in Applied Economics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil. Luana is an economist from UFRGS, with part of her undergraduate degree at the University of Nova de Lisboa (UNL) in Portugal.