Doris Edem Agbevivi 

'Lead Project Coordinator (Drive Electric Initiative)
Ghana Energy Commission

Doris Edem Agbevivi is an Energy Analyst and a Yale Climate fellow with almost 10 years of experience in clean energy and sustainable development in Ghana and internationally. Her areas of expertise and experience include sustainable energy and transport initiatives, energy efficiency, research, auditing, emerging technologies, climate change, low carbon pathways for emerging economies, planning, policy and regulations. She has spent the past eight years with the Energy Commission working closely with energy sector stakeholders and informing policymaking in Ghana. She has also participated in and led technical knowledge exchange events in Ghana and abroad. She consulted for the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Urban Health Initiative to analyse the impact of various cooking fuels on health. She is currently the coordinator of the Drive Electric Initiative in Ghana; an e-mobility initiative of the Energy Commission under which she organised the country’s 1st E-mobility Conference and 1st Public Charging Forum to usher in an era of green and sustainable energy use while leading the country’s first EV Baseline study. She has led standards for EV charging and battery swaps in Ghana. She has also worked as a steering committee member of the country’s EV policy and EV standards while working on regulations for EV charging. She is also working closely with the International Energy Agency (IEA) in promoting a policy package approach to Energy Efficiency in Transport on the Continent. Doris is a passionate advocate for sustainable energy and transport and has appeared on a number of panels such as the WHO’s first Air Pollution and Health Conference, the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum, IEA’s EV Pilot City Forum and Energy Efficiency for Africa, World Bank’s SUM4ALL, the UK’s Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) platform, SEE4ALL on vehicle efficiency, the United Nations High Level Political Forums (UNHLPFs), Conference of Parties (COP).  She is currently pursuing an MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, holds an MSc in Energy Economics from the University of Aberdeen and a Climate fellowship with Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.