Worldwatch Institute Staff

Biography

Anna da Costa, Research Fellow

Email: amedacosta@gmail.com
Phone: +1 (202) 452-1992

Anna is a New Delhi-based Research Fellow for the Worldwatch Institute. Her work focuses on research, communication and analysis of India's emerging climate change activities and political positioning through an initiative called ‘Bridging the Divide'.

In previous roles, she has worked for The Climate Group, the Navdanya Trust, the Ecologist Magazine and the St. Paul's Institute, both in India and the UK, looking at climate change impacts, political and corporate leadership and solutions.

During her time with The Climate Group, Anna worked with a team from McKinsey and Company on a study that examined the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in climate change abatement. She particularly focused on the potential for smart grids in India and this led to the subsequent coordination of a high-level roundtable in Mumbai to disseminate the findings among key political and corporate Indian stakeholders. Anna also worked on the India engagement for The Climate Group's political initiative, ‘Breaking the Climate Deadlock'.

Anna spent the early part of 2009 travelling across India in solar-integrated electric cars with the Indian Youth Climate Network, showcasing some of India's many climate change solutions and co-founding the Climate Solutions Project with friends, which she continues to work on.

Anna has a BA in Zoology and Conservation from Cambridge University.

Selected Publications