Ruth Kiro

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About Ruth Kiro

Passionate about the environment and reducing greenhouse emissions, I'm energetic, an outside-the-box-thinker, and determined to be active on environmental issues. I'm an experienced energy and climate change specialist focused on using science and policy in order to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. In the Ministry of Environmental Protection, I lead, developed, and implemented policies and regulations in climate change (mitigation) on topics such as environmental instruction for battery storage, phasing out coal from the electricity sector, environmental load dispatching framework, regulatory mechanisms for implementing renewable energy, national air pollution reduction programs, reducing Methane from the gas sector, air permits and more. I have a PhD in Life Sciences from Tel Aviv University, an MSc and a BSc in Environmental Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with nine published papers in high-impact journals. I have a strong academic background and analytical skills. After my PhD, I participated in the Environmental Science and Policy Fellowship program ("Mimshak"), of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. The fellowship combined my passion for environmental science with policy and placed me at the forefront of the ability to influence significant environmental issues.