Barbara Jinks worked for the first part of her career in natural gas field development projects around the world, and since 2016 has dedicated her work to the role of all gases in the energy transition, including biomethane and green hydrogen. She has worked in construction, project management, government relations and, most recently, policy and geopolitics with GIE and IRENA.

Barbara currently assists various agencies and institutes with this work, such as UNFCCC, GH2, UNIDO and various thinktanks.