Kate Zyla is a Senior Associate in WRI’s Climate and Energy program, focusing on emissions markets and the intersection of climate change and energy security.

Before joining WRI, Ms. Zyla served as Senior Research Fellow for Domestic Policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, where she worked on the design and implementation of federal climate policy.

Ms. Zyla previously explored climate and energy issues at the municipal level, advising the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council on opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New York City’s transportation planning, and conducting an energy efficiency study of municipal buildings for the City of New York.

While in graduate school, she was a founding member of the Yale Climate Initiative, and received a grant from Yale’s Advisory Council on Environmental Management to study mitigation options for the University.

Ms. Zyla holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College.