Mansouri, Noura Youssef

About

Noura Youssef Mansouri is a Senior Fellow in the Climate and Sustainability Program at KAPSARC, where she leads research on Circular Carbon Economy frameworks, nuclear energy, and Nationally Determined Contributions implementation. In 2025, she earned her Mid-Career Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, where she was recognized as both a John F. Kennedy Fellow and an Edward S. Mason Fellow. With over two decades of experience spanning policy research, international advisory, and national planning, she has led major climate and energy projects, co-chaired G20 T20 task forces, and contributed directly to national strategies and global dialogue. Noura also holds an MBA and a Ph.D. from the University of London and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT. She has published extensively, including Greening the Black Gold: Saudi Arabia’s Quest for Clean Energy, and served as lead co-chair of the T20 Task Force on Climate and Energy Transition under multiple G20 presidencies. Her research interests include carbon management, hydrogen innovation, nuclear energy, and climate policy.