Staterra has appointed Hussien Al Kisswani as Lead Consultant for Climate Change & Sustainability, expanding the firm’s climate expertise across Saudi Arabia and the GCC. The hire is deliberate and ahead of demand — not a reactive response to a single client brief.
Eighteen years of regional implementation
Hussien brings eighteen years of hands-on experience rooted in West Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. He holds an MSc in Environmental Science and Management from the University of Jordan and a BSc in Water and Environmental Management from Hashemite University. His career has been defined by direct implementation work: he led Jordan’s NDC 3.0 development with UNDP, created the Local Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and contributed to Abu Dhabi’s Environment Agency Strategy and Resilience Framework.
Climate finance, in practice
Beyond policy development, Hussien has secured over $20 million in climate finance from sources including the EU, the Global Environment Facility, the Green Climate Fund, and the Adaptation Fund. His project management includes coordinating UN-Habitat’s regional Adaptation Fund initiative across Jordan and Lebanon — six grants and two UN-to-UN agreements totalling $9 million.
Climate × biodiversity
A distinctive strength is his integration of climate change with biodiversity conservation. He established Jordan’s first climate change unit at the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, conducted the nation’s first climate impact assessment on biodiversity, and developed ecosystem-based adaptation frameworks now increasingly required across EIA standards in the GCC.
His portfolio also encompasses urban resilience and industrial transition work — climate-resilient master plans for municipalities and the establishment of Jordan’s first Energy Efficiency Networks in the industrial sector. That urban-industrial integration maps directly onto Saudi Arabia’s construction and sustainability priorities.