Martha Molfetas

Martha Molfetas

Martha Molfetas, MSc is a Senior Fellow, Planetary Politics at New America, and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. Martha is a senior climate policy consultant, writer, and strategist with over 15-years of experience helping NGOs, think tanks, and businesses unpack climate, environmental justice, conflict, sustainable development, and global policy issues.

Martha has worked in the UK and the US as a researcher, project manager, peer reviewer, and consultant for various businesses, think tanks, and organizations, including: Sustain.Life, Transparency International, Dalberg Research, the London School of Economics, Oil Change International, NRGI, SOAS, CDP, and E3G. Martha has been a UNFCCC Observer, and provided consultation as a thematic expert in climate risk and human rights for the Hague Institute for Global Justice and the Stimson Center. She is also the Founder of Impact Human, a nonprofit organization that uses photography, interviews, and policy research to educate and inspire action on environmental injustices.

Martha’s writing has been published in LSE IDEAS, The Global Policy Journal, On Frontiers, and the World Politics Review, among others. She has authored and co-authored dozens of policy reports, white papers, and briefings that have informed policy debates and leveraged advocacy actions.

Martha holds a BA in International Comparative Politics from the University of Central Florida, a French Language Certificate from Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV, and an MSc in Comparative Politics (Conflict Studies) from the London School of Economics.

Post Archive

29 November 2023
Martha Molfetas sets the scene for COP28 and argues fossil fuels remain the biggest obstacle to climate justice. Against the backdrop of an ever-present climate crisis, record…
11 October 2018
Martha Molfetas explores the IPCC's recent report and what it means for the future of our species.  If there was ever a final wake up call, this is it. The Intergovernmental…
01 June 2017
Martha Molfetas with a plea to the Trump administration not to turn its back on Paris. We are already reaching peak oil. The largest energy employers in the US are…
19 December 2016
Martha Molfetas argues that the we are at the beginning of a new cold war. Somehow it feels as if the Cold War never really ended. Normalised relations between the US and Russia…
13 December 2016
In a personal reflection, Martha Molfetas asks where is a globalist, lover of the EU, environmentalist, former expat and Londoner to go? It's taken me a while to come to grips…
27 June 2016
Martha Molfetas suggests that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union may just be the first of many coming turns towards isolationism. Last Friday was truly a day that…
14 October 2014
Martha Molfetas asks what room there is to tackle climate change when a host of crises demand attention. As another summer comes to pass, the world seems engulfed in flames.…
03 June 2014
Martha Molfetas argues that we already have the knowledge to tackle climate change, what we need now are the leaders. We have forever changed our world and now exist in a period…
19 March 2014
Martha Molfetas asks - why is Russia hungry for Crimea in the first place? This past month, Ukraine has undergone a metamorphosis, from protest and violence to creating a new…
20 December 2013
Martha Molfetas gives readers a snapshot of the ongoing gap between the commitments and reality of tackling climate change.   This past November, COP 19 proved to be yet…
25 July 2013
Martha Molfetas questions the wisdom of the oil industry’s current search for exploitable reserves. After turmoil hit Somalia in 1991, oil firms, aid groups, and even embassies…
27 May 2013
The Syria crisis is certainly more than just another Arab Spring conflict or civil war. Syria presents a large-scale humanitarian crisis for the region. It may be another year…
07 March 2013
When will our resource use exceed our global capacity for warming? The last year alone has seen extreme weather events ranging from droughts and derechos, to severe floods and…
13 December 2012
It isn’t new news that America has consistently been unable to ratify UN treaties. Even UN treaties that would largely benefit the United States and American companies, even…