Diana Kool has a BSc in Public Administration and Governance from Utrecht University and holds a Masters degree in Environment, Politics and Globalisation from King’s College London. While doing her Masters she worked at the Green Economy Coalition as a part-time researcher. More recently she worked for the Director-General Enterprise and Innovation at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to stimulate European innovative solutions to global challenges through the TEDxBinnenhof conference. With a background in social and political sciences she is keen to understand the processes through which climate science, climate action and environmental policies have become highly politicized and contested.