E3G

Amal-Lee Amin
Programme Leader – International Climate Finance

Amal-Lee Amin leads E3G’s International Climate Finance Programme which seeks to promote new and innovative models for climate finance and investment required for accelerating the transition to a low carbon and climate resilient economy.

Amal-Lee is a sustainable energy and climate change policy expert with over 10 years Government experience working on UK domestic and international sustainable energy and climate change policy. Working in various Departments roles include leading on sustainable energy for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development whilst at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and on the development of a global partnership on renewable energy and energy efficiency – REEEP – whilst at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
 
In 2004 Amal-Lee joined Defra to develop and lead policy on developing countries and climate change. In this role Amal-Lee pioneered several bilateral, EU and G8 initiatives on low carbon technology and investment, including with Brazil, China, India, and South Africa, and African regional initiatives on climate resilience and on sustainable biofuels. Responsibilities between 2004 – 08 included developing international strategy on climate change strategy and leading for the UK and EU on UNFCCC negotiations. In 2007-08, Amal-Lee as Head of Strategy on International Climate Change for Defra, led on the design and international launch of the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs).
 
Subsequently Amal-Lee joined the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to establish it as an implementing agency of the CIFs and to work with the World Bank Group and Regional Development Banks on further design of investment criteria and operational guidelines. During the two years at the IDB Amal-Lee led several multidisciplinary teams on engaging Latin American and Caribbean Governments, private sector and non-governmental stakeholders on programmes for scaling-up investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transportation as well as on climate resilience of key economic sectors and infrastructure.
 
In 2010 Amal-Lee returned to the UK Government to lead for DECC on the design of the UK’s Green Investment Bank and policy on catalyzing the private capital required for transformation towards a low carbon economy.
 
Amal-Lee has a BSc in Environmental Science and an MSc and PhD in Science and Technology Policy. Her Doctorate thesis focused on drivers for structural and regulatory change within the power sector of developing countries and the implications for commercialisation of renewable energy. Empirical case studies were undertaken for India and South Africa and policy recommendations made on how to promote investment in renewable energy within developing countries. Since 2004 Amal-Lee has also served on the Board of the Global Environmental Institute (GEI China and Americas).