Steering Committee member
Senior Vice President, International at the National Resource Defense Council
As Senior Vice President, International, at NRDC, Yamide Dagnet is responsible for leading the vision and strategy of the organization's international program and maximizing its impact. Her decades-spanning career cut across private, non-profit, and public sectors in multiple countries. She is brought expertise and leadership in high-profile, pioneering policy research and development, advocacy, global initiatives and diplomacy, connecting climate with a tapestry of social and economic issues. Adept at negotiating and mobilizing stakeholders for historic multilateral processes and outcomes, including the design of the Paris Agreement, its implementing guidelines, and sponsoring particular efforts for enhanced transparency and accountability, building resilience and tackling loss and damage fund. Track record in amplifying the voices and solutions of vulnerable communities and countries, while fostering transformational global coalitions to achieve equitable, democratic and sustainable outcomes. Recognized as one of the 25 most influential women climate leaders on the 2019 political agenda by "The Ecologist".