Matt Webb
Associate Director Coal to Clean
Matt Webb is the Associate Director for Coal to Clean leading E3G’s work on energy transition diplomacy.
Matt in the media
Matt’s work focusses on driving high ambition outcomes on the diplomacy of delivery of multilateral and bilateral commitments to accelerate the global energy transition. The Coal to Clean team provides support for high-profile international initiatives focused on accelerating the Energy Transition internationally, including the Powering Past Coal Alliance, Energy Transition Council and Clean Energy Transition Partnership.
Matt previously worked as a Deputy Director in the International Climate Change division of the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. Matt provided leadership oversight to a number of international initiatives aimed at driving action on the global energy transition, including the Green Grids Initiative and the Power Breakthrough.
Matt worked in partnership with the Cabinet Office on the COP26 Energy Transition Campaign which culminated in accelerated global movement on the transition from coal including through the Global Coal to Clean Transition Statement, inclusion of coal phase down in the Glasgow Climate Pact and the launch of the first Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa.
Matt was previously seconded as a Senior Associate at E3G, leading international diplomacy on the transition from coal, encouraging progressive Governments to show greater leadership internationally. Matt has worked at a number of Government departments on a wide range of energy and climate policies since 2003, including: Department for Energy and Climate Change, on energy efficiency, heat policy and 2050 Pathways analysis; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in support of the demonstration of Carbon Capture and Storage; Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, implementing the Near Zero Emissions Coal collaboration on CCS with China, and the Department for Transport, working on cleaner fuels and vehicles and the environmental impact of aviation.
Matt has a degree in Chemistry from Oxford University a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cambridge University, and MBA from the Open University
Matt’s work focusses on driving high ambition outcomes on the diplomacy of delivery of multilateral and bilateral commitments to accelerate the global energy transition. The Coal to Clean team provides support for high-profile international initiatives focused on accelerating the Energy Transition internationally, including the Powering Past Coal Alliance, Energy Transition Council and Clean Energy Transition Partnership.
Matt previously worked as a Deputy Director in the International Climate Change division of the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. Matt provided leadership oversight to a number of international initiatives aimed at driving action on the global energy transition, including the Green Grids Initiative and the Power Breakthrough.
Matt worked in partnership with the Cabinet Office on the COP26 Energy Transition Campaign which culminated in accelerated global movement on the transition from coal including through the Global Coal to Clean Transition Statement, inclusion of coal phase down in the Glasgow Climate Pact and the launch of the first Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa.
Matt was previously seconded as a Senior Associate at E3G, leading international diplomacy on the transition from coal, encouraging progressive Governments to show greater leadership internationally. Matt has worked at a number of Government departments on a wide range of energy and climate policies since 2003, including: Department for Energy and Climate Change, on energy efficiency, heat policy and 2050 Pathways analysis; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in support of the demonstration of Carbon Capture and Storage; Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, implementing the Near Zero Emissions Coal collaboration on CCS with China, and the Department for Transport, working on cleaner fuels and vehicles and the environmental impact of aviation.
Matt has a degree in Chemistry from Oxford University a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cambridge University, and MBA from the Open University
