Lola Vallejo

Climate Programme Director

Lola Vallejo is IDDRI’s climate programme director.

Prior to joining IDDRI, Lola supported international climate negotiations as manager of the OECD-IEA Climate Change Expert Group and led the OECD work on climate-resilient infrastructure. She also assessed the United Kingdom's adaptation policy as part of the national advisor and watchdog, the Committee on Climate Change. She also coordinated research on decarbonisation pathways at Imperial College London and worked as an environmental consultant in Paris.

She holds a finance Master's degree from Science Po and an Msc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College.

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