Emily is the CEO of Chapter Zero Alliance, the home of the Climate Governance Initiative. She has over 25 years of experience working with businesses, governments and non-profit organizations to support the transition to a low-carbon economy and has worked across multi-stakeholder groups and within specific industry sectors to collaborate on solutions to tackle climate change. She was previously the Head of Climate Initiatives at the World Economic Forum where she was involved in setting up the Climate Governance Initiative, the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, the Mission Possible Partnership and the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance. Previously she worked in environmental consultancy firms including ERM and URS, non-profit organisation The Climate Group and ran her own social enterprise focused on climate action research and campaigning.
Emily is a Fellow of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge and holds a Masters in Environmental Science, Management and Law from Brunel University London.