Apoorva Sahay

Apoorva is a senior associate with RMI’s Carbon Markets Initiative, where she builds the data infrastructure and market guidance needed to make carbon markets more transparent and navigable. She develops educational resources and buyer-focused tools that help interpret the market ecosystem around carbon credit quality, risk mitigation, and stakeholder engagement.

Background

Prior to joining RMI, Apoorva was at CO2EFFICIENT, a Washington, D.C., based advisory firm, where she analyzed climate and sustainability policy issues across the energy, water, agriculture, and information and communications technology sectors. She led research initiatives on monitoring, reporting, and verification technologies for sectoral emissions reduction and the role of differentiated environmental products in evolving climate markets.

Apoorva’s broader experience spans community-based environmental management and livelihoods development in the Global South. At the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Environmental Resources Management (ERM), and Selco Foundation, she conducted environmental and social impact assessments for hydropower development and distributed solar energy projects across South Asia.

Education

• Master’s in Environmental Management, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
• International Development Policy Certificate, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
• BA, Anthropology, Trinity College, Connecticut

Location

Washington, D.C.