Kate Hampton

Kate is chair of the European Climate Foundation and sit on the board of WeProtect. She also holds advisory roles with the Observer Research Foundation (India), the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, and the UK’s Institute for Public Policy Research.

She has also advised policymakers in several roles, including on advisory committees for the Africa Climate Summit, COP28, and COP26, and as senior policy advisor for the United Kingdom’s G8 and EU presidencies in 2005.

Prior to CIFF, Kate’s career spanned roles in government, finance, consulting, think tanks and NGOs, including working for Climate Change Capital, where she was head of policy.

In June 2022 Kate was awarded an OBE in The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Birthday Honours List for services to tackling climate change and supporting the UK Presidency of COP26. She has also been featured in the top 100 Profiles of Paris, a collection of stories from the key people who created the Paris Agreement.

She holds a BSc from the London School of Economics and a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.