# Rachel Kyte

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{{Short description|British academic}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Rachel Kyte
| honorific_suffix = [CMG](/source/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George)
| image            = Rachel Kyte.jpg
| caption          =
| office           = UK Special Representative for Climate
| term_start       = 21 October 2024-Present
| term_start1      = November 2023 - Present
| education        = [University of London](/source/University_of_London) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))<br/>[Tufts University](/source/Fletcher_School_of_Law_and_Diplomacy) ([MA](/source/Master_of_International_Affairs))
| office1          = Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
| term_end1        = 
| birth_date       = {{birth year and age|1965}}
| appointer        = UK Government 
}}

'''Rachel Elizabeth Kyte''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born 1965) is a climate diplomat, academic and international climate, energy and development policy expert currently serving as the UK Government's [climate envoy](/source/Climate_Envoy).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rachel Kyte |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rachel-kyte |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harvey |first=Fiona |date=25 September 2024 |title=Labour appoints Rachel Kyte to climate envoy role axed by Sunak |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/25/labour-appoints-rachel-kyte-to-climate-envoy-role-axed-by-sunak |access-date=25 September 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She is a Professor of Practice in Climate Policy at the [Blavatnik School of Government](/source/Blavatnik_School_of_Government), [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford).<ref>{{cite web |date=30 November 2023 |title=Blavatnik School appoints Rachel Kyte as Visiting Professor of Practice as COP 28 begins |url=https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/blavatnik-school-appoints-rachel-kyte-visiting-professor-practice-cop-28-begins |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=Blavatnik School of Government |publisher=University of Oxford |language=en}}</ref><ref name="bio Blavatnik">{{cite web |date=25 September 2024 |title=Rachel Kyte |url=https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/rachel-kyte-0 |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=Blavatnik School of Government |publisher=University of Oxford |language=en}}</ref> and Dean Emerita<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-27 |title=Rachel Kyte {{!}} Blavatnik School of Government |url=https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/rachel-kyte-0 |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=www.bsg.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> at [The Fletcher School at Tufts University](/source/Fletcher_School_of_Law_and_Diplomacy) where she served from October 2019 to June 2023, the first woman to lead the oldest graduate-only school of international affairs in the United States.<ref name=dean>{{Cite web|url=https://now.tufts.edu/articles/rachel-kyte-named-fletcher-school-dean|title=Rachel Kyte Named Fletcher School Dean|date=8 April 2019|website=Tufts Now|language=en|access-date=30 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2023/06/breaking-rachel-kyte-steps-down-as-dean-of-fletcher-school |title=Rachel Kyte steps down as dean of the Fletcher School |website=tuftsdaily.com |date=22 June 2023 |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref> She previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of [Sustainable Energy for All](/source/Sustainable_Energy_for_All), and as Special Representative of the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.

== Early life and education ==
Kyte was born in [Aylesbury](/source/Aylesbury), Buckinghamshire, England in 1965,<ref name="Q&A">{{cite news |title=Rachel Kyte Q&A: “My carbon footprint is a source of deep discomfort” |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/12/rachel-kyte-qa-my-carbon-footprint-is-a-source-of-deep-discomfort |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=New Statesman |date=1 December 2021}}</ref> and raised in [Boston, Lincolnshire](/source/Boston%2C_Lincolnshire). She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and politics from the [University of London](/source/University_of_London) and a master's degree in international relations from [the Fletcher School](/source/Fletcher_School_of_Law_and_Diplomacy) of Law and Diplomacy.<ref name=dean/>

== Career ==
Kyte has focused on affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy as the key to combating both poverty and [climate change](/source/climate_change).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/04/18/raising-trillions-for-climate-finance|title=Mobilizing the Billions and Trillions for Climate Finance|access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/04/09/closing-the-climate-finance-gap|title=Closing the $70 Billion Climate Finance Gap|access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://print.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2015/04/18/89217|title=BB plans to launch green' bond, says Atiur {{!}} TRADE & MARKET {{!}} The financial express|access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref> From 2016 to 2019, Kyte managed SEforALL's work to mobilise action towards its 2030 goals of ensuring universal access to modern energy services; doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. As Special Representative for the Secretary-General, she was also the point person in the United Nations for action towards the [Sustainable Development Goal](/source/Sustainable_Development_Goals) 7 on sustainable energy.

Kyte served until December 2015 as [World Bank Group](/source/World_Bank_Group) Vice-President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, leading the Bank Group's efforts to campaign for an ambitious agreement at the 21st Convention of the Parties of the UNFCCC ([COP 21](/source/2015_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference)). She was previously [World Bank](/source/World_Bank) Vice-President for Sustainable Development and was the [International Finance Corporation](/source/International_Finance_Corporation) Vice-President for Business Advisory Services.

Kyte served as dean of The Fletcher School from October 2019<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-08 |title=Rachel Kyte named Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University |url=https://www.seforall.org/news/rachel-kyte-named-dean-of-the-fletcher-school-of-law-and-diplomacy-at-tufts-university |access-date=2026-05-20 |website=Sustainable Energy for All {{!}} SEforALL |language=en}}</ref> to June 2023, after which she was named Dean Emerita<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rachel Kyte steps down as dean of the Fletcher School |url=https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2023/06/breaking-rachel-kyte-steps-down-as-dean-of-fletcher-school |access-date=2026-05-20 |website=The Tufts Daily |language=en}}</ref>. During her tenure, the school introduced the Master of Global Affairs Degree<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fletcher launches new Master in Global Affairs degree program |url=https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2021/11/fletcher-launches-new-master-in-global-affairs-degree-program |access-date=2026-05-20 |website=The Tufts Daily |language=en}}</ref>.

She was appointed [Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (CMG) in the [2020 New Year Honours](/source/2020_New_Year_Honours) for services to energy and [combating climate change](/source/climate_change_mitigation).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62866|supp=y|page=N4|date=28 December 2019}}</ref>

Kyte joined the advisory board of [General Atlantic](/source/General_Atlantic)'s [climate change](/source/climate_change) fund, BeyondNetZero, in July 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karsh |first1=Melissa |title=General Atlantic Targets $4 Billion for New Climate Strategy |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/private-equity/general-atlantic-starts-new-strategy-to-pursue-climate-deals |publisher=Bloomberg Law |date=16 July 2021}}</ref>

On 21 October 2024, she was appointed UK Special Representative for Climate by the British Government.<ref name="bio GOV">{{cite web |title=Rachel Kyte |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rachel-kyte |website=GOV.UK |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="appointed Special Rep">{{cite web |title=Rachel Kyte appointed as the UK's Special Representative for Climate |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rachel-kyte-appointed-as-the-uks-special-representative-for-climate |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en |date=26 September 2024}}</ref> In June 2025, Kyte was criticised in the news for her carbon footprint.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/labour-climate-envoy-racks-up-76-000-air-miles-in-eight-months/ar-AA1GSEDF |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Environment|Climate change}}
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*[Sustainable Development](/source/Sustainable_development)
*[Sustainable Development Goals](/source/Sustainable_Development_Goals)
*[Sustainable Energy for All](/source/Sustainable_Energy_for_All)
*[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy](/source/Fletcher_School_of_Law_and_Diplomacy)
*[United Nations](/source/United_Nations)
*[University of London](/source/University_of_London)
*[World Bank Group](/source/World_Bank_Group)
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.seforall.org/ Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)]
*[https://twitter.com/rkyte365 Twitter]

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