Jesse Scott is International Director at think tank Agora Energiewende based in Berlin. She leads Agora’s work on climate change and the clean energy transition beyond Europe in major and emerging economies, including research projects on clean energy systems and on social just transitions, collaborations with a global network of energy think tanks, and political strategy at national and international levels. Before joining Agora in February 2019, Jesse worked at the International Energy Agency in Paris where she was a lead author of the Agency’s pathbreaking report on the opportunities and risks of digitalizing the energy system. Prior to that, she worked for fifteen years in Brussels on European Union energy and climate policy making, including as Head of Climate and Environment for the electricity sector association Eurelectric where she organised major cross-sector advocacy to reform and strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System. At the Hertie School, Jesse teaches the theory and practice of influencing public policy, with a focus on climate policies and the EU Green Deal. She also teaches at Edinburgh University in Scotland for the Carbon Management Masters. She is an advisor to the World Economic Forum, the Climate Bonds Initiative, and the Florence School of Regulation. She holds a degree and masters from Cambridge University and also studied in Italy at the European University Institute.
