Yann Louvel

Yann analyses fossil fuel policies adopted by private financial institutions. Before joining Reclaim Finance at its launch, Yann worked at BankTrack for 10 years as the lead campaigner on climate and energy. At BankTrack, Yann played played a major role in writing and publishing important international reports on fossil fuel financing. This includes the reports written with Urgewald on banks and coal and the annual Report Card with the Rainforest Action Network on banks and fossil fuels. Prior to that, he worked as a private finance campaigner for Friends of the Earth France, targeting French banks for their support of controversial projects. Yann lived in Montreal for four years. There, he worked as the regional coordinator of the Sustainable Campuses Project for the youth branch of the Sierra Club Canada. Yann holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences from the Université du Québec in Montréal.