Head of Policy and Translation, Grantham Institute for Climate, Imperial College London

Alyssa Gilbert is the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute - Climate change and the Environment at Imperial College London where she connects relevant research across the university with policy-makers and businesses. Prior to joining the university, she worked at the specialist energy and climate consultancy Ecofys for over eleven years researching a range of topics including Emissions Trading policy and market-based mechanisms, broader carbon pricing developments, Forestry and REDD+, adaptation to climate change and climate finance.

She has worked with government clients at the international level, in the UK and for other national governments. She is also a member of NERC’s Strategic Programme Advisory Committee (SPAG). Alyssa has also worked a researcher for the Deputy Mayor of London and as a journalist on Environmental Policy in Brussels. Alyssa has a degree in Natural Sciences.