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| − | '''John Ashton''' is founding director of environmental think tank [[E3G]] | + | '''John Ashton''' is a former diplomat and the founding director of environmental think tank [[E3G]]. From 2006 until 2012 he was the UK Special Representative for Climate Change (Climate Change Ambassador) of the Foreign Secretary. He carried out the latter role on secondment from E3G, where he had been chief executive since its inception. <ref> E3G [http://www.e3g.org/about/news-articles/john-ashton-appointed-uk-special-representative-for-climate-change/ John Ashton appointed UK Special Representative for Climate Change], press release, 8 June 2006] (accessed 14 September, 2010). </ref> |
After the UK coalition government took office in 2010 Foreign Secretary [[William Hague]] announced Ashton's reappointment in June 'for the year ahead'. Ashton worked closely with Hague in the negotiations in the build up to the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]](UNFCCC) meeting in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of 2010.<ref> Foreign & Commonwealth Office, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=22413951 Foreign Secretary appoints climate change Special Representative ], press release, 22 June 2010],(accessed 14 September, 2010). </ref> | After the UK coalition government took office in 2010 Foreign Secretary [[William Hague]] announced Ashton's reappointment in June 'for the year ahead'. Ashton worked closely with Hague in the negotiations in the build up to the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]](UNFCCC) meeting in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of 2010.<ref> Foreign & Commonwealth Office, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=22413951 Foreign Secretary appoints climate change Special Representative ], press release, 22 June 2010],(accessed 14 September, 2010). </ref> | ||
| − | Ashton now has a one-day-a-week role as a policy fellow at Imperial College's [[Grantham Institute for Climate Change]] | + | Ashton now has a one-day-a-week role as a policy fellow at Imperial College's [[Grantham Institute for Climate Change]] <ref> Ros Donald, [http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/08/theres-no-such-thing-as-domestic-climate-policy There's no such thing as domestic climate policy: An interview with John Ashton], ''The Carbon Brief Blog'', 06 Aug 2013, 15:00, acc 17 October 2013 </ref> and is an independent commentator on the politics of climate change. |
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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:John is one of a new generation of diplomats equally at home in the worlds of foreign policy and green politics. Before moving outside government to establish E3G, John had a distinguished career in the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including founding and leading its Environment Policy Department. | :John is one of a new generation of diplomats equally at home in the worlds of foreign policy and green politics. Before moving outside government to establish E3G, John had a distinguished career in the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including founding and leading its Environment Policy Department. | ||
Member of the Green College Centre for Environmental Policy and Understanding. He is a steering committee member of [[Climate Care]] and serves on the Advisory Boards of the [[Climate Institute]], Washington DC; the UK [[Tyndall Centre]] for Climate Change Research; the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara; and [[Climate Change Capital]].<ref>E3G, [http://www.e3g.org/index.php/about/John-Ashton/ John Ashton], Profile of John Ashton at E3G homepage. (accessed 13/02/09).</ref> | Member of the Green College Centre for Environmental Policy and Understanding. He is a steering committee member of [[Climate Care]] and serves on the Advisory Boards of the [[Climate Institute]], Washington DC; the UK [[Tyndall Centre]] for Climate Change Research; the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara; and [[Climate Change Capital]].<ref>E3G, [http://www.e3g.org/index.php/about/John-Ashton/ John Ashton], Profile of John Ashton at E3G homepage. (accessed 13/02/09).</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Anti-fracking== | ||
| + | Ashton has spoken out against the push for shale gas in the UK. In 2015 he took part in a rally outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster | ||
===Resources=== | ===Resources=== | ||
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Revision as of 16:15, 26 January 2015
John Ashton is a former diplomat and the founding director of environmental think tank E3G. From 2006 until 2012 he was the UK Special Representative for Climate Change (Climate Change Ambassador) of the Foreign Secretary. He carried out the latter role on secondment from E3G, where he had been chief executive since its inception. [1]
After the UK coalition government took office in 2010 Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Ashton's reappointment in June 'for the year ahead'. Ashton worked closely with Hague in the negotiations in the build up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) meeting in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of 2010.[2]
Ashton now has a one-day-a-week role as a policy fellow at Imperial College's Grantham Institute for Climate Change [3] and is an independent commentator on the politics of climate change.
Background
According to his E3G biography in 2009:
- John is one of a new generation of diplomats equally at home in the worlds of foreign policy and green politics. Before moving outside government to establish E3G, John had a distinguished career in the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including founding and leading its Environment Policy Department.
Member of the Green College Centre for Environmental Policy and Understanding. He is a steering committee member of Climate Care and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Climate Institute, Washington DC; the UK Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research; the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara; and Climate Change Capital.[4]
Anti-fracking
Ashton has spoken out against the push for shale gas in the UK. In 2015 he took part in a rally outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster
Resources
Notes
- ↑ E3G John Ashton appointed UK Special Representative for Climate Change, press release, 8 June 2006] (accessed 14 September, 2010).
- ↑ Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Foreign Secretary appoints climate change Special Representative , press release, 22 June 2010],(accessed 14 September, 2010).
- ↑ Ros Donald, There's no such thing as domestic climate policy: An interview with John Ashton, The Carbon Brief Blog, 06 Aug 2013, 15:00, acc 17 October 2013
- ↑ E3G, John Ashton, Profile of John Ashton at E3G homepage. (accessed 13/02/09).
