Rachel Elizabeth Kyte CMG is a British academic who is the UK climate envoy.[1] She served as the 14th dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University from October 2019 to June 2023, and the first woman to lead the oldest graduate-only school of international affairs in the United States.[2][3] She was the former Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All, and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.
Rachel Kyte | |
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| Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy | |
| In office 1 October 2019 – 30 June 2023 | |
| Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Sustainable Energy for All | |
| In office 1 January 2016 – 30 September 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1965 |
| Domestic partner | Ilyse Zable |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of London (BA) Tufts University (MA) |
Education
editKyte was raised in Eastern England. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and politics from the University of London and a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School.[2]
Career
editKyte has focused on affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy as the key to combating both poverty and climate change.[4][5][6] From 2016 to 2019, Kyte managed SEforALL's work to mobilise action towards its 2030 goals of ensuring universal access to modern energy services; doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. As Special Representative for the Secretary-General, she was also the point person in the United Nations for action towards the Sustainable Development Goal 7 on sustainable energy.
Kyte served until December 2015 as World Bank Group Vice-President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, leading the Bank Group's efforts to campaign for an ambitious agreement at the 21st Convention of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 21). She was previously World Bank Vice-President for Sustainable Development and was the International Finance Corporation Vice-President for Business Advisory Services.
Recipient of numerous awards for women's leadership, climate action, and sustainable development, she is a professor of practice in sustainable development at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. On 8 April 2019, it was announced that Kyte would become the next Dean of the Fletcher School, effective 1 October 2019.[7]
She was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to energy and combating climate change.[8]
Kyte joined the advisory board of General Atlantic's climate change fund, BeyondNetZero, in July 2021.[9]
On 22 June 2023, Kyte announced her intent to step down as Dean of the Fletcher School almost immediately, effective 30 June 2023.[10] In the Tufts announcement, her decision was described as a progression of her "decades-long fight to address the impacts of climate change and energy scarcity."[11]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Harvey, Fiona (25 September 2024). "Labour appoints Rachel Kyte to climate envoy role axed by Sunak". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Rachel Kyte Named Fletcher School Dean". Tufts Now. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Rachel Kyte steps down as dean of the Fletcher School". tuftsdaily.com. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Mobilizing the Billions and Trillions for Climate Finance". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Closing the $70 Billion Climate Finance Gap". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "BB plans to launch green' bond, says Atiur | TRADE & MARKET | The financial express". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Dean Announcement". Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N4.
- ^ Karsh, Melissa (16 July 2021). "General Atlantic Targets $4 Billion for New Climate Strategy". Bloomberg Law.
- ^ Vos, Daniel (22 June 2023). "Rachel Kyte steps down as dean of the Fletcher School". Tufts Daily.
- ^ Monaco, Anthony P.; Genco, Caroline Attardo (22 June 2023). "Announcement Regarding Fletcher School Leadership". Tufts University. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.