Rachel Kyte CMG was appointed the UK’s special representative for climate in October 2024.

She is professor of practice in climate policy at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, as well as dean emerita at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Previously, Kyte was the UN secretary-general’s special representative for sustainable energy, the CEO of Sustainable Energy for All and a vice president and special envoy for climate change at the World Bank.

This conversation was recorded with Carbon Brief's Leo Hickman and Simon Evans at the Foreign Office in July 2025. 

The Carbon Brief Interview: Rachel Kyte

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The Carbon Brief Interview: Rachel Kyte

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