Zoë Chafe, PhD, MPH is Head of Air Quality and Health Technical Programmes at C40, where she leads C40’s Clean Air Network, the Air Quality Data & Analytics team, and technical working groups. From 2019 to 2022, Zoe led C40’s CAP-AQ project, which created tools to integrate air quality management with climate planning. Zoë works with governments, organisations, and individuals to build an equitable, safe, and healthy future by identifying opportunities to improve air quality.
Zoë has two decades of experience working at the intersection of climate change, air quality, and public health, with a focus on household energy. Her previous work includes contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, the Global Energy Assessment, and World Health Organization reports on energy use’s air quality, health, and climate impacts.
Zoë holds a PhD (Energy and Resources) and MPH (Master of Public Health) from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a bachelor’s degree in human biology from Stanford University. She is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and Cornell University’s Atkinson Center Postdoctoral Fellowship.