Habib is a Senior Climate Change Specialist at the Islamic Development Bank Global Practices and Partnerships. In this role, he supports the bank in implementing its climate change action plan for 2020-2025 in its 57 member countries across the global south. He also co-leads the bank's engagement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and leads a technical assistance grant from the GCF Readiness window for Western Asia to unlock private finance for climate actions in some selected countries.

Previously, he worked at the African Development Bank as a Climate Finance Specialist, where he supported the bank in project preparation and deal origination, which helped the bank mobilize over USD 500 million of co-financing from the GCF for different sector projects: including agrifood systems, energy, urban development, transportation, WASH sector, and Climate Smart Agriculture.