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Senior Fellow

Katherine Sierra

Katherine Sierra

Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Katherine Sierra is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program. A former vice president for sustainable development at the World Bank, she focuses on climate change and energy.



Expertise

Climate change; energy

  • Language Fluency:
  • Spanish

Background

Past Positions
Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank (July 2007-August 2010); Vice President, Infrastructure (October 2004-June 2007), World Bank

Education

The General Managers Program, The Harvard Business School (1998); Masters, City and Regional Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University (1978); BA, Anthropology and BA Hispanic Civilization, University of California at Santa Barbara (1976)

“While much uncertainty still surrounds the extent of the risks and losses associated with a changing climate, there is growing consensus that unmitigated climate change makes sustainable development impossible. But the impacts of climate change are not distributed evenly.”


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioWhat Should the Green Climate Fund Look Like?April 25, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioMobilizing $100 Billion per Year for Climate FinancingNovember 05, 2010The Brookings Institution

Contact Information

communications@brookings.edu

202.797.6105
Brookings Office of Communications

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