The Centre for Climate Engagement is delighted to announce the appointment of its first Advisory Group comprising ten academic and professional experts who are all Hughes Hall Fellows, to provide strategic input and guidance to shape the development of CCE’s programmes and projects.
The new Advisory Group will serve as ambassadors, representing and promoting CCE’s mission at key events. Their responsibilities include advising on the CCE’s strategy, ensuring alignment with climate governance and policy developments, and facilitating connections to advance best practices.
Emily Farnworth, Director of the CCE, said:
“We are grateful for the expertise and commitment of the Advisory Group, whose support will be invaluable in amplifying the CCE’s impact in alignment with the ambitious vision of Hughes Hall and accelerating the transition to net zero.”
The CCE was founded in 2018 by Dr Ron Zimmern and Julie Baddeley, who were particularly concerned that boardrooms of listed companies (with few exceptions) were not sufficiently engaged with the climate agenda. Many boards had not given it the priority that it deserves, and some had not discussed it at all. To address the issue, the CCE aims to encourage academic excellence in climate law, governance and organisational change, and to translate and transfer this knowledge to corporate boards to accelerate the race to net zero emissions and climate resilience.
Advisory Group members:
- Co-Chair: Professor Harro van Asselt, Professorship in Climate Law at the University of Cambridge
- Co-Chair: Ron Zimmern, Chairman of the PHG Foundation
- John Barker, Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
- Nigel Brook, Partner at Clyde & Co
- Dr Markus Gehring, Expert in the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Director of Studies in Law at Hughes, and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
- Dr Natalie Jones, Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Mahnaz Malik, Barrister and Arbitrator at Twenty Essex Chambers
- Dr Aga Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, Director of the Maxwell Centre
- Professor Antje Wiener, Chair of Political Science, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Law Faculty University of Hamburg
- Dr Alexis Willett, Impact Director and Governing Body Fellow
Read short profiles of the Advisory Group members here.
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