Jesse Scott is currently on sabbatical doing projects with the European Climate Foundation, the German Economic Research Institute DIW Berlin, and the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. An expert and global practitioner in policy making and stakeholder engagement in the field of climate change and the clean energy transition, she has worked in Europe and globally, in international and national government and in civil society. Until September 2022, she was International Director at thinktank Agora Energiewende, and in 2015-17 she worked at the OECD International Energy Agency where she co-authored the first significant assessment of the impact of digitalisation on energy systems. Previously she worked for 15 years in Brussels where she campaigned – with many ‘wins’ – on EU energy and climate policy. Her experience includes building non-profit thinktanks in emerging economies, advising EU Presidencies, business lobbying (Deputy Secretary General at natural gas association Eurogas, Head of Environment at electricity association Eurelectric), and leading NGOs. Her current research and policy work focus on how Europe can support energy transitions in emerging and developing economies in particular with regard to “just transitions” for vulnerable social groups and communities, and on rethinking the concept of political risk in light of climate change and the implications for high costs of capital for renewables investments. Jesse studied at Cambridge University and the European University Institute in Florence.
