Rachel Kyte
Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, United Kingdom and Dean emerita, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA
Last updated: May 16, 2024 Oxford, United Kingdom
She was the 14th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, is a 2002 graduate of Fletcher’s Global Master of Arts Program (GMAP) and a professor of practice at the school since 2012.
Prior to joining Fletcher, Rachel Kyte served as special representative of the UN secretary-general and chief executive officer of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). She previously was the World Bank Group vice president and special envoy for climate change, leading the Bank Group’s efforts to shift its operations and campaign for the Paris Agreement.
In her UN role and as CEO of SEforAll, a nonprofit public/private platform created from an initiative of the UN secretary-general, she led efforts to promote and finance clean, affordable energy and low-carbon growth as part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the Paris Agreement. She grew SEforALL into an organization that employs more than forty staff and has partnerships with companies, governments, and civil society organizations.
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