Rachel Kyte

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Rachel Kyte (2016)

Rachel Kyte is an energy transition specialist . She was Vice President of the World Bank on Sustainable Development and has been Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University since 2019 .

Life

Kyte grew up in the east of England. She first completed a bachelor's degree in history and politics at the University of London . In 2002, she completed the Global Master of Arts program at Tufts University. Since 2012 she worked there as a professor of practice . She was Vice President of the World Bank until 2015 , first for sustainable development and then for climate change (2014–2015). In 2019 she was appointed Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Kyte is married to Ilyse Zable, with whom she has two children.

Act

Kyte is considered to be a specialist in shaping the energy transition in terms of a transition from fossil to fossil-free energy sources. As head of the World Bank's climate program in the run-up to the Paris Agreement , she developed strategies for providing funding to developing countries that wanted to counteract climate change but did not have the necessary funds. In the run-up to the UN climate summit in September 2019, she played an influential role that led the UN Secretary-General to demand that states and companies must make new commitments in order to accelerate the energy transition. She founded a non-profit organization, Sustainable Energy for All, which aims to supply underdeveloped regions with energy and at the same time helps them move away from fossil fuels.

The US American Time magazine listed her in the article “Meet 15 Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change” in 2019 as one of 15 women who lead the fight against climate change.

Web links

Commons : Rachel Kyte  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Rachel Kyte Named Fletcher School Dean , now.tufts.edu, April 8, 2019, accessed January 1, 2020
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Meet 15 Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change. Time, September 12, 2019, accessed January 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ World Bank climate change envoy Rachel Kyte on her new mission , Financial Times , January 14, 2014
  4. ↑ Featured Speaker Rachel Kyte, CEO, Sustainable Energy for All and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All , worldbank.org,
personal data
SURNAME Kyte, Rachel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vice President of the World Bank, University Dean
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century