Barbara is the lead author on CPI’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance which has set the benchmark for climate finance tracking. Barbara also directs the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab), a climate finance incubator that leverages public-private collaboration to develop innovative climate finance instruments that resolve financing barriers to renewable energy, urban infrastructure, sustainable agriculture and land use projects in emerging markets. Instruments from the Lab have already mobilized over USD 3.5 billion for sustainable development. In addition, Barbara built and directs the San Giorgio Group, which brings together climate finance leaders to engage on critical issues that require collective effort to accelerate the transition to more sustainable, lower-emission economies.
Barbara is Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance at the University of London SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, a Program Director of the Climate Change and Energy Program at the Australian National University, is on the Advisory Board of the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative, and a member of several influential groups and committees including the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance, the High-Level Consulting Group of the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA), the Advisory Committee of the United States Export-Import Bank (EXIM), the Finance Sector Expert Group for the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero and Race to Resilience, and One Planet Lab.
Before joining E3G Kate was the Global Director for Policy Engagement at CDP for a decade, and previously worked for the UK government’s Office of Climate Change and for BP Plc in a variety of commercial and environmental policy roles.
Ms. Nidhi Madan collaborates with Government of India on India’s net-zero pathway, enhances the Energy Modelling Forum, supports the Green Hydrogen Mission, and contributes to policies like Technology Needs Assessment. Her work with sub-national actors focuses on aligning net-zero strategies, developing EV, green hydrogen, and renewable energy policies, and integrating climate actions into development planning. Additionally, she partners with city governments on Healthy Air Zones to create finance-ready projects.
Before joining Shakti, Nidhi served as a Technical Expert with GIZ, supporting state governments in developing State Action Plans on Climate Change, identifying strategic responses to address state-specific climate issues, and preparing proposals to access climate finance.
Saliem Fakir was also a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Planning and an Associate Director for the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy at Stellenbosch University. For eight years, Saliem was the Director of the World Conservation Union, South Africa. He has served on several Boards and is a prolific writer, contributing to leading publications.
Prior to 2006 he served as a greenhouse gas emissions specialist and worked in numerous expert groups of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Before joining the United Nations, he was an industry and regional analyst for the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr. Grabert holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Wheaton College, Masters of International Economics from the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva, and has undertaken post-graduate studies in Management at Stanford University, University of Navarra (IESE) and London Business School, and in Development at Harvard University.
Kate is also the Co-Head of the Secretariat to the UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce and sits on the Advisory Panel to the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero. Kate previously chaired the Policy workstream of the UK’s Green Technical Advisory Group which advised the UK government in relation to its green taxonomy.
Before joining E3G Kate was the Global Director for Policy Engagement at CDP for a decade, and previously worked for the UK government’s Office of Climate Change and for BP Plc in a variety of commercial and environmental policy roles.
Pablo is a leading figure in the environmental, green growth, and sustainable rural development sectors in Colombia. Before joining the NDC Partnership, he served as an Advisor to President Juan Manuel Santos, managing Colombia’s accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and supporting the coordination and implementation of national and international commitments on the environment and climate change.
In 2013, Pablo was appointed as Deputy Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, responsible for the formulation, adoption, and implementation of all environmental and sustainable development strategies, policies, and regulations, with a special emphasis on climate change, water management, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
Pablo also has wide experience working for the private sector in the fields of innovation and technology development for the petrochemical industry.
Pablo is a Chemical Engineer from Colombia’s National University and holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans.