World Bank warrior spearheading the fight against climate change

World Bank warrior spearheading the fight against climate change

Rachel Kyte, incoming head of climate change at the World Bank, on political leadership, carbon pricing, the psychology of communicating and rising anger at climate change inaction

Jo Confino       

Guardian Professional, Wednesday 6 November 2013 02.00 EST       

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/world-bank-fight-climate-change

The World Bank can sometimes come across as a lumbering bureaucratic beast, so it's refreshing that the woman tasked with co-ordinating its climate change strategy is a straight-talking, no-nonsense campaigner with a warrior-like spirit.

World Bank

A.W. Clausen was the president for the World Bank, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Note: David Dollar was the country director for China and Mongolia at the World Bank, and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Robert S. McNamara was the president for the World Bank, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was a managing director at the World Bank, and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James D. Wolfensohn was the president for the World Bank, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank) and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Climate Reality Project.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

Joseph E. Stiglitz was a director at the Climate Reality Project, and the chief economist & SVP for the World Bank.