North West Passage

Dr NIGEL JOLLANDS has worked on sustainable energy and environmental policy for 30 years. In 2023 he left formal employment to follow his dream to pursue community-based climate action and finance while sailing home to NZ on the ice-breaker expedition sailing vessel Novara. Prior to this he spent 12 years with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as Associate Director, Head of Infrastructure, Climate Strategy and Delivery. In this role he led the EUR 5 billion flagship EBRD Green Cities programme, participated in numerous energy efficiency and renewable energy investments (totalling more than EUR 500 million) and delivered over 60 energy efficiency and renewable energy policy dialogue assignments across 30 countries of operations. Before his work at the EBRD, he spent 5 years as Head of Energy Efficiency at the International Energy Agency. Dr. Jollands is a regular presenter at international conferences, has published numerous journal articles and contributed to several books in the area of climate finance, climate policy, energy efficiency and ecological economics.