Monique Motty

Monique has worked internationally as a technical expert over the past decade on projects and policies focused on climate technologies, clean energy transition, and green finance mostly in African countries. A Climate Advisor to the Minister of Environment of the Democratic Republic of Congo, she has worked previously for a multilateral development bank, an international think tank, a national forest entity, and various UN agencies. She co-authored and contributed to peer-reviewed articles and reports on climate finance for energy transition, tenure related to bioenergy development, adaptation finance in the context of covid-19 and opportunities and modalities for upscaling private sector green investments.

In addition to being an Executive of the Congo World Foundation, promoting fair treatment and sustainable, artisanal extraction of cobalt in DRC, she is a board member of the Future Energy Leadership program from the World Energy Council (WEC), and she sits on the Technology Executive Committee and Expert Group on action and support (ASEG) against loss and damage of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

A Master of Public Administration Graduate, Mason fellow and Louis & Gabrielle Bacon Environmental leader fellow from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, she also holds a Master of Science in Energy, Environmental Technology and Economics from City, University of London.