Drs. Tessa Terpstra

Tessa is based in Amman as the first ever MENA Regional Envoy for Water and Energy Security for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Over the past two years, she has been engaged in activities and policy dialogue on resource efficiency and climate change with governments, private sector, civil society and donors in the Arab region. As part of PSI, Tessa established the PSI MENA Regional Chapter with the American University of Beirut. Tessa is always on the look-out for new initiatives and partners to team up with against climate change.