Abay Yimere is a postdoctoral scholar at the Climate Policy Lab at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Before joining the Climate Policy Lab, Abay worked in sustainable development, green growth, climate finance, and climate change. Abay has a master's degree in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University, an MPA degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and a Ph.D. in environment and development at Addis Ababa University.
At the Climate Policy Lab, Abay works on energy transformation and climate action in Africa, investigating policy barriers and drivers for renewable energy adoption. His research interests include:
Climate finance.
Low carbon economic development.
Distributed energy systems.
Affordable, accessible, and clean energy.
Abay is fluent in English and speaks Amharic (the National language of Ethiopia) and Tigrinya (one of the regional languages of Ethiopia but also the national language for Eritrea).