Kate Larsen

Kate specializes in analysis to drive deep decarbonization strategies and accelerate the global transition toward clean energy economies. She manages a multi-disciplinary team of energy modelers, technology experts, policy specialists, and systems analysts focused on accelerating the global clean energy transition.

Prior to joining Rhodium, Kate was the Deputy Director for Energy and Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality where she helped develop President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. Before that, Kate was a Foreign Affairs Officer at the US Department of State, serving as a lead US negotiator in the United Nations climate negotiations and one of the architects of the measurement, reporting and verification framework under the Paris Agreement. Kate has also worked at the International Energy Agency in Paris, the World Resources Institute in Washington, and the Environmental Defense Fund in California. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Stanford University and a Master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.