About the speaker

Dr. Lintner is also a Visiting Professor of Geography at King’s College London and serves as a member of the Board of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). He is a former President of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA).

During his tenure at the World Bank, from 1988 to 2014, Dr. Lintner held leadership roles in a range of environmental and social policy, strategy, technical and capacity building activities at the global, regional and national levels. He served most recently as the Bank’s Senior Technical Advisor, with responsibility for developing, interpreting and overseeing the implementation of the environmental and social safeguard policies of the World Bank. Earlier, he was Advisor for Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Resources Management.

Dr. Lintner holds a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University (USA). He has received numerous awards and medals, and was made an Honorary Professor at Hohai University in China.

About the event

The Purpose of “Wen Tao” International Forum of Tsinghua University is to create a new pattern of liberal arts studies featuring higher standards and more areas of excellence for Tsinghua University, foster top-of-class innovative talents entrusted with the mission of the future through the knowledge imparted by experts, deepen international exchanges and cooperation, broaden international horizon, further build up the foundation of liberal arts and nurture greater attainment in the field.

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