Author:
Helen Picot

Author:
Helen Picot

Helen Picot was CDKN’s Negotiation Support's Sustainable Development Goals lead. Helen coordinated the support CDKN gives to developing country negotiators, in particular relating to the UN Sustainable Development Summit and the Sustainable Development Goals laid out there. The Negotiation Support team provides legal and technical support to inform negotiators, including through improving negotiators’ access to information and capacity building, to support the meaningful participation of least developed and climate vulnerable countries in international climate talks.

Helen is a Senior Associate in PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team. They have a MSc in Environmental Engineering Technology / Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a MSc in Natural Sciences (Geography) from Cambridge.

Most recent content from this author

Feature
11th December 2015
COP21- Inside the 'Climate Generations' space CDKN's Helen Picot spent some days in the civil society space at COP21, designated as the 'Climate Generations' area or otherwise known as the 'Green Zone' (in contrast to the 'Blue Zone' where only negotiators and observers with an official pass could enter). She reports on the big discussions taking place there.
Feature
2nd November 2015
Shifting from ‘Intended’ to ‘Implemented’ - What’s required for the INDCs? CDKN has supported the development of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for the Paris climate summit, in nine developing countries. Ben Bostock, Helen Picot and Kiran Sura of CDKN reflect on the strong ambitions of these submissions – and their varying levels of detail, which suggest that some INDCs may be readier for implementation than others.
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7th August 2015
Fossil fuel subsidy reform – turning the tide? IISD’s Laura Merrill and Philip Gass, and CDKN’s Helen Picot explore the recent wave of fossil fuel subsidy reform and the potential these initiatives have for boosting climate compatible development.
Resource
22nd July 2015
WORKING PAPER: Supporting ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Lessons learned from developing countries CDKN is pleased to release its latest Working Paper, "Supporting ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Lessons learned from developing countries", based on interviews with those who have been deeply involved in preparing INDCs.
Feature
17th July 2015
Reflecting on Our Common Future Under Climate Change CDKN's Helen Picot and Sam Bickersteth reflect on the pre-COP 21 Science conference held in Paris last week; Our Common Future Under Climate Change.
Feature
8th June 2015
Will intense climate talks lead to progress on global deal? The CDKN team reports from intensive climate negotiations this week in Bonn, Germany, where country delegates are hammering out the elements of a new global agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
Resource
29th May 2015
GUIDE: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) CDKN and Ricardo-AEA have revised their popular Guide to INDCs, which helps countries prepare their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions for the UNFCCC. This new edition of May 2015 has been revised following stakeholder discussions and includes new material for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - in addition to its original focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Now also in French and Spanish.
Feature
17th February 2015
High stakes for the first round of climate talks in 2015 Last week, governments met in the Palais des Nations, Geneva for the latest round of UN talks to agree a new draft negotiating text for a global climate deal. Kiran Sura and Helen Picot of CDKN report.
Feature
5th December 2014
Raising the ambition CDKN’s Helen Picot and Nicholas Moss outline that, at Development & Climate Days 2014 (Zero Poverty. Zero Emissions. Within a Generation), participants will hear of how ambition in tackling climate change can help deliver on the soon-to-be-agreed Sustainable Development Goals.
Feature
24th November 2014
INDCs – what existing building blocks can developing countries use? Helen Picot, Kiran Sura and Christopher Webb of CDKN argue that many developing countries have solid foundations on which to develop their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for presentation to the UNFCCC.
Feature
31st October 2014
After New York – What next for the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change? Helen Picot of CDKN's Negotiations Support team takes stock after the UN Climate Summit.
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10th October 2014
Where next for the debate on climate change in the SDGs? CDKN's Helen Picot, Mairi Dupar and Nicholas Moss report on debates about the role of climate change in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals - and what happens next.