Isabelle Turcotte is the director of federal policy at the Pembina Institute, one of Canada’s leading clean energy think tanks, where she supports the execution of the federal climate and energy strategy and plays a leading role in advancing carbon pricing.

Before joining the Institute, Isabelle worked at the Center for Clean Air Policy, a D.C.-based think tank, where she supported efforts to advance cost-effective and pragmatic climate policy. She helped promote dialogue in the U.S. among industry representatives, policymakers, and environmental groups to identify sensible strategies to reducing domestic emissions. Within the international program, she promoted nationally appropriate mitigation actions in developing countries.