Helen Mountford

President and CEO, ClimateWorks Foundation

Helen Mountford is the President and CEO of ClimateWorks Foundation. Before joining ClimateWorks, Helen was Vice President of Climate and Economics at the World Resources Institute. She was also the Program Director for the New Climate Economy project, a flagship initiative of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Helen previously was Deputy Director of Environment for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She worked at OECD for over 16 years.

Articles by Helen Mountford

1. Why do governments continue to subsidize fossil fuels, undermining their own climate goals?

   Helen Mountford

   Energy — Global

   Each year, trillions of dollars are poured into harmful fossil fuel subsidies or tax breaks that undermine our progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Shifting these funds to fuel the clean energy transition would accelerate access to basic energy services, improve public health, and put the world on a safer climate trajectory

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   4 July 2023

   SDGs: 3 7 8 9 10 11 13