Cathy Kerubo serves as Inclusive Climate Action and Mainstreaming Senior Manager, Africa under the UCAP Climate Action Implementation Programme. She supports seven African cities in mainstreaming climate action across all levels of governance and decision-making, as well as supporting vertical integration – coordination with federal and regional governments in an inclusive, equitable and just manner.
She has 10 years of experience working in development, stakeholder engagement and policy implementation with a focus on climate, urban safety governance and social inclusion. Before C40, she served as the Regional Coordinator at AMREF, leading a UN tri-partnership on the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development domesticated in 21 member states across sub-Saharan Africa. During this, she jointly scaled the accountability framework approach to drive policy implementation in countries signatory to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in sub-Saharan Africa with support from the Gates Foundation.
Cathy has co-developed and implemented policy recommendations with various levels of government across sub-Saharan Africa, UN agencies, and regional policymaking bodies such as the East Africa Community, African Union & Africa CDC funded by multiple development agencies. She has served on various boards and committees and is a Mandela Washington Fellow, Emerging Global Policy Leader, Youth Champion (2019) and ILFI (International Living Future Institute) Ambassador (2014), awarded by the U.S. Department of State, British Council, UN and ILFI respectively.