Yamide Dagnet

Senior Associate, International Climate Action

Bio

Yamide Dagnet is a Senior Associate with WRI’s International Climate Action Initiative and leads WRI’s projects on the UN Framework Climate Change Convention. After managing the project ACT 2015 (Agreement for Climate Transformation 2015) on the design of the 2015 climate agreement, she is now leading the research, analysis and stakeholder engagement regarding the implementation of the Paris Agreement. This consists in designing effective and participatory rules, guidelines and mechanisms to scale up actions and support, to get transparent and verifiable data, to hold countries accountable for their commitments, and to also provide the necessary enabling, institutional and regulatory environment, capacity building to transition toward a sustainable and fair zero-carbon and climate-resilient economy.

Achieving this goal requires working within the UNFCCC, leveraging initiatives outside UNFCCC, harnessing the outcome and output of a number of other projects and programs within WRI and collaborate with institutions and a wide range of stakeholders around the world.

Yamide brings 13 years of experience, including working for the UK and French governments in safeguarding environmental assets, as a policy lead and negotiator on UNFCCC measurement, reporting and verification framework, as manager of the UK greenhouse Gas inventory, the UK Deputy Focal Point for the IPCC, reviewer under the UNFCCC of countries’ national communications, France’s Focal point for the EU neighborhood policy and twinning program and UK representative for European standardization process for chemicals in contact with drinking water.

Yamide holds a Master in Engineering from the University of Technology of Compiegne (France), with a minor in European studies and specialization in environment, security and quality insurance. In addition to English, she speaks French, Spanish, Portuguese and Creole.

Blog Posts

INSIDER: Designing the Rules of the Climate Action Game
by Yamide Dagnet, Eliza Northrop, Joe Thwaites and Kathleen Mogelgaard - July 24, 2017
The world’s climate negotiators have a clear deadline: In 2018, they must reach agreement on the implementation guidelines – also known as the Rulebook – for the Paris Agreement.
INSIDER: 2018 Facilitative Dialogue Can Help Drive More Climate Ambition by 2020
by Yamide Dagnet and Eliza Northrop - June 26, 2017
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement provoked a powerful response in support of the Agreement, galvanizing the many countries and stakeholders that are determined to advance and even intensify efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and boost resilience to climate impacts.
Message from Bonn: The World is Committed to Climate Action and Paris Agreement
by Yamide Dagnet, Eliza Northrop, Cynthia Elliott, Kathleen Mogelgaard, Joe Thwaites and Rhys Gerholdt - May 19, 2017
Climate negotiations just concluded in Bonn, and negotiators delivered a clear message: International climate action will not be deterred by shifting political winds in any one country.
Hot Week for Climate Action During Bonn Talks
by David Waskow, Courtney Durham, Melisa Krnjaic, Yamide Dagnet, Cynthia Elliott, Eliza Northrop, Joe Thwaites and Natalie Elwell - May 13, 2017
Bonn climate negotiations got underway, President Trump delayed his decision on whether the United States would stay in the Paris Agreement and the Arctic Council recognized climate change as an urgent threat.
Climate Negotiations in Bonn: The Countdown to 2018 Starts
by Yamide Dagnet and David Waskow - May 03, 2017
Next week's climate meeting in Bonn starts the countdown for implementation of the landmark Paris Agreement in 2018. Here's what to watch for.
Steely Determination Brings Progress at Climate Talks in Marrakech
by Paula Caballero, David Waskow, Yamide Dagnet, Cynthia Elliott, Eliza Northrop, Joe Thwaites and Niranjali Manel Amerasinghe - November 19, 2016
Nearly a year ago in Paris, the world came together around a historic climate agreement that affirmed the global community's commitment to shift to a zero-carbon economy. By the end of this month's climate summit in Marrakech, more than 100 countries representing over 75 percent of global emissions had formally joined that Agreement.
“Spirit of Paris” Motivates Climate Negotiations in Marrakech
by Cynthia Elliott, Yamide Dagnet, Joe Thwaites and Eliza Northrop - November 13, 2016
Negotiators in Marrakech this week for the first major climate summit since the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement sustained the "spirit of Paris" -- that wave of momentum that brought the Agreement into force on a lightning-fast timetable.
INSIDER: Crafting the Paris Agreement’s Rule Book – Tasks at COP22
by Yamide Dagnet and Eliza Northrop - November 07, 2016
Fair, inclusive rules are needed for the global response to climate change to flourish.
How the Paris Agreement and Climate Talks in Marrakech Can Help Accelerate Ambition
by Eliza Northrop and Yamide Dagnet - November 04, 2016
The "Facilitative Dialogue" is one of the most important conversations to be had at COP22 in Marrakech.
INSIDER: CMA1, the First Meeting Under the Paris Agreement -- Why It’s Significant and How It Could Happen at COP22
by Eliza Northrop, David Waskow and Yamide Dagnet - October 03, 2016
With the world now on the verge of crossing the thresholds for the Paris Agreement to enter into force, it’s time to start considering what comes next.