Clea Schumer

Clea Schumer is a Research Associate with WRI’s Climate Program, where she supports the research, analysis, and outreach efforts of projects focused on raising national ambition in accordance with the Paris Agreement. Specifically, Clea’s work helps to improve understanding of national and global ambition for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and uses data and analysis to inform and influence a diverse set of international climate policy stakeholders contributing to nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, and net-zero targets. Clea also supports the Systems Change Lab’s research on transformational change required to achieve net-zero emissions. She recently served as the lead author of the Systems Change Lab’s flagship “State of Climate Action 2025” report.