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International Government Relations: Andrew Deutz
Andrew Deutz
Director of International Government Relations
Dr. Andrew Deutz has extensive experience in international environmental law, policy and negotiation, as well as international conservation and development. He currently directs & oversees international policy work on climate change, marine, freshwater and protected areas conservation, as well as teams with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and US government agencies that work internationally.
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Andrew Online and In the News
Rio+20: What Does Success Look Like in the Post-Copenhagen Era?
The measure of success won't be the negotiated outcome document or the formal declaration, Andrew writes on The Guardian's Sustainable Business Hub.
Green Economy 101
In this Q&A, Andrew talks about how it will take smart investments in our natural resources to create a sustainable planet.
Making the Business Case for Water and Green Growth
Andrew talks to the UK's Guardian about how businesses can grow green and conserve water.
Proposals Lag Behind Promises on Climate
Andrew is quoted in a New York Times article on the 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen.
U.N. Nears Agreement to Curb Rainforest Destruction
Andrew is quoted in a 2010 Washington Post article on the U.N. Climate talks.
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Andrew Deutz
Director of International Government Relations
Dr. Andrew Deutz has extensive experience in international environmental law, policy and negotiation, as well as international conservation and development. He currently directs & oversees international policy work on climate change, marine, freshwater and protected areas conservation, as well as teams with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and US government agencies that work internationally.
Andrew Deutz
Director of International Government Relations
Dr. Andrew Deutz has extensive experience in international environmental law, policy and negotiation, as well as international conservation and development. He currently directs & oversees international policy work on climate change, marine, freshwater and protected areas conservation, as well as teams with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and US government agencies that work internationally.
Prior to joining TNC in 2006, he worked for IUCN – The World Conservation Union in a variety of capacities, including: Special Advisor for Global Policy, directing IUCN’s engagement with multilateral institutions; Director of IUCN’s Canada Office, with responsibility for political, constituency and fundraising relations in Canada; and as Coordinator of IUCN’s Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme, establishing IUCN’s forest conservation programs in Russia, China and Canada. Along the way, he also served as the Lead Forest Negotiator for the US State Department and as Forest Policy Advisor to the World Bank. As a Research Associate at the Woods Hole Research Center, he worked on the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, as well as international forest policy and the Biodiversity Convention. He holds a doctorate in International Environmental Law from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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Blythe Thomas
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Phone: (703)841-8782
E-mail: bthomas@tnc.org
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