Imogen Outlaw’s work focuses on the intersection of public finance and sustainable development. Her work assesses the role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in the energy transition, with particular focus on green hydrogen and coal phaseout. Imogen is also a member of the climate governance and diplomacy team, collaborating with European stakeholders to strengthen collective climate efforts and foster equitable partnerships. Prior to her role at NewClimate Institute, she interned for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) where she supported mainstreaming disaster risk finance. Additionally, she worked for the U.S. Peace Corps supporting community-level development projects in Northern Uganda. Imogen holds an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BA in Political Science and Business from California State University, Chico. 

Caution on co-firing, retrofitting, and carbon credits for retirement: Considerations for public development banks on coal phase-out risks
Publication date 07 Mar 2024

This report was co-written by NewClimate Institute and the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) . The first global stocktake decision...

Financing coal phase-out: Public development banks’ role in the early retirement of coal plants
Publication date 07 Mar 2024

This report was co-written by NewClimate Institute and the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) . Limiting global average temperature...

NewClimate Institute at COP28
Publication date 22 Nov 2023

The 28th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP) takes place from 30 November - 12 December 2023. NewClimate Institute was present in...

The role of green hydrogen in a just, Paris-compatible transition
Publication date 01 Nov 2023

While sustainable development and global equity are at the core of the Paris Agreement, inequalities between wealthy and poor countries...

The role of international climate finance for bridging the low carbon investment gap
Publication date 29 Jun 2023

Principles of international climate finance The IPCC Special Report on 1.5 degrees shows that urgent action is needed to mitigate...

Financing Coal Phase-out: The Role of Public Development Banks

Limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5°C requires stopping the construction of new coal power plants, and that many existing...

Climate Audit of German and EU Foreign Diplomacy

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and despite rhetoric of building back better, the world is currently on track towards 2.7°C of...

Strengthen national climate policy implementation: Comparative empirical learning & creating linkage to climate finance (SNAPFI)

This project supports NDC implementation in partner countries (Brazil, Germany/ EU, India, Indonesia, and South Africa) with research...

Multilateral Development Banks and the Paris Agreement

NewClimate Institute, together with  Germanwatch , WRI and E3G , provides inputs to multilateral development banks in supporting the...

London Climate Action Week: From Policies to Finance: Driving Just Climate Action in Developing Nations
Venue Online, London Climate Action Week
Date 29 Jun 2023
Start time 04:00 pm

Join us for our London Climate Action Week event on Thursday 29 th June, from 15:00 to 16:00 BST / 16:00 to 17:00 CEST, to explore how...

Response to GFANZ APAC June 2023 Consultation
Publication date 02 Nov 2023

NewClimate Institute and the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) submitted a response to a public consultation on the Glasgow...

Upcoming Spanish elections could hamper European climate diplomacy at a time when it should be a top priority
Publication date 03 Jul 2023

Spain takes over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union as of 1 July. Normally a time of new agenda setting, this...

The World Bank’s sector notes encourage the consideration of transitions, but lack sufficient detail to ensure full alignment with the Paris agreement
Publication date 10 May 2023

A joint blog by NewClimate Institute, Germanwatch , E3G , and NRDC by Hanna Fekete, Imogen Outlaw, Santiago Woollands, Anja Gebel...

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