Nehmat Kaur joined the Climate Group in April 2018 as Senior Manager, South Asia Government Relations and is now Head of Global Government Relations for the Under2 Coalition Secretariat.
She is a climate and energy policy expert based in London. She joined the Climate Group from the Natural Resources Defense Council where she was India Representative for five years, leading the work on renewable energy and finance.
For more than ten years she has worked with key government and private sector stakeholders on accelerating climate action in India and across the world through evidence-based analysis, expertise and stakeholder engagement. She’s worked on a wide range of issues including energy efficiency, clean energy, energy access, clean transportation, international climate policy, air quality and climate resilience.
She has been a part of the Global Shapers Hub network, founded and led by the World Economic Forum, and is a United States International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) alumna. Nehmat has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Delhi and a master’s in development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.