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Christopher Flavin is the former president of the Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organization focused on natural resource and environmental issues, based in Washington, DC. He is also a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, the Climate Institute, and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute.[1] His research and writing focus is international energy and climate policy.[2][3]
Biography
Christopher Flavin has participated in several notable international conferences, including the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and the Climate Change Conference in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. He has testified before national and state legislatures and meets frequently with government and international leaders.[3]
Flavin is a native of Monterey, California and a cum laude graduate of Williams College, where he studied economics, biology, and environmental studies.[4]
Selected publications
- Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution, W.W. Norton, 1994.
- Rising Sun, Gathering Winds: Policies to Stabilize the Climate and Strengthen Economies, Worldwatch Paper 138, November 1997.
- Regular contributions to State of the World, Vital Signs and World Watch.
- Low-Carbon Energy: A Roadmap, 2008.
See also
- State of the World 2008
- Lester Brown
- Amory Lovins
- Nourishing the Planet project
- State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet
References
- ^ "bigpicture.tv". Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
- ^ "Climate of Opportunity: Renewable Energy After Kyoto". Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
- ^ a b Low-Carbon Energy: A Roadmap Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine p. 4.
- ^ Worldwatch Institute Archived 2007-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Living people
- American environmentalists
- American non-fiction environmental writers
- Sustainability advocates
- People associated with energy
- Climate change environmentalists
- Williams College alumni
- People from Monterey, California
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Activists from California