John Connor is the Chief Executive Officer of th
Carbon Market Institute(CMI) the independent and non-partisan peak industry body for business and climate in Australia.
Prior to joining CMI in May 2019, John Connor served for over two years as Executive Director of the Fijian Government'
COP23 PresidencySecretariat. In that role he managed the Secretariat's strategic, policy and logistical support functions as Fiji presided over the
UNFCCC
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. It is an international treaty among countries to combat "dangerous human interference with th ...
, international climate, negotiations.
For the previous decade he was CEO of The
Climate Institute of Australia, overseeing its focus on national policy, institutional investors and international climate negotiations.
In his time at the Climate Institute Connor oversaw the release of a series of reports on
Australia's Climate Change response, including economic modeling on how Australia can reduce emissions and maintain a growing economy, up to date evidence on Australia’s
greenhouse pollution profile and analysis of community opinions on climate change and climate change solutions.
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Initially trained as a lawyer and working in the Land and Environment Court of NSW he subsequently became a researcher for Peter MacDonald the Independent member for Manly. After that he spent three years running the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and in 1999 he took up the job as Campaigns Director for the Australian Conservation Foundation
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's national environmental organisation, launched in 1965 in response to a proposal by the World Wide Fund for Nature for a more co-ordinated approach to sustainability.
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. He then worked as Campaigns Manager for World Vision
The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk of a "plu ...
, where he also co-convened Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History were organizations in a number of countries, which focused on issues relating to 8th Millennium Development Goal such as aid, trade and justice. They generally formed a coalition of aid and development agencies which worked ...
Australia. He was appointed CEO of the Climate Institute of Australia in 2007.
Connor has worked on numerous government and business advisory panels currently including the NSW Government’s Climate Council. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Corporate Directors. He has been a board member of a number of NGOs and was a “Governator” with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition
The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) is a youth organisation in Australia focused on climate change activism. The organisation aims "to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis", by empowerment and educa ...
.
See also
*Climate change in Australia
Climate change has been a critical issue in Australia since the beginning of the 21st century. Australia is becoming hotter and more prone to extreme heat, bushfires, droughts, floods, and longer fire seasons because of climate change. Climate ...
References
External links
Climate Institute of Australia
Australian chief executives
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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