Meet The Task Force
The Task Force contains some of the world's leading climate experts and shapers of opinion and policy
Paul Hardisty
CCTF Contributor
Professor Paul Hardisty is the executive director of Cabon EcoNomicsTN and Sustainability for Worley Parsons, Australia. view full biography >
Mohamed El-Ashry
Climate Change Expert
Senior Fellow, UN Foundation. Recipient of the Champions of the Earth Award and CEO and Chairman of the Global Environmental Facility. view full biography >
Janos Pasztor
Climate Change Expert
Director of the Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support Team, says, “We are well beyond the sweeping rhetoric of embedded positions and well into discussion of solutions..." view full biography >
William Becker
Climate Policy Expert
Serves as the Exec. Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP). Served as Senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy (15 years) view full biography >
Prof. Martin Beniston
Climatologist
Shared 2007 IPCC Nobel Peace Prize. Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland - Professor and Climatologist, Head of the Institute of Environmental Sciences. view full biography >
Shyam Saran
Economist
Former Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of India on climate change, served as Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to Nepal, Indonesia and Myanmar view full biography >
Ian T. Dunlop
Energy Expert
A Cambridge educated engineer, with a particular interest in the interaction of corporate governance, corporate responsibility and sustainability view full biography >
Ricardo Lagos
Former Pres. - Chile
Formerly President of the Club of Madrid, he was appointed special Envoy for Climate Change by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2007. Lawyer and Economist. view full biography >
Mary Robinson
Former Pres. - Ireland
Former President of Ireland (1990-1997). In 2004, she received Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for her work in promoting human rights. view full biography >
Jan Kulczyk
Green Cross Chairman
Respected Polish businessman - first Pole to be placed on the Forbes 500 World’s richest People. A Doctorate in International Law, he supports many social and philanthropic causes and organizations. view full biography >
Martin Lees
Intl. Affairs Expert
Secretary General of The Club of Rome - responsible for the design and launching of the OECD “InterFutures” Project view full biography >
Alexander Likhotal
Intl. Affairs Expert
President & CEO of Green Cross International. In 1991 he was appointed Deputy Spokesman and Adviser to the President of the USSR. view full biography >
Hamadoun Toure
ITU Secretary-General
Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations view full biography >
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nobel Peace Laureate
Former Soviet President, Nobel Prize Laureate and reformer - founded the Gorbachev Foundation in 1992 and Green Cross in 1993. view full biography >
Jean Michel Cousteau
Oceans Expert
Founder of Ocean Futures Society, Jean Michel is an architect, explorer, environmentalist, educator and film producer view full biography >
Sir David King
Scientist
Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government - at the University of Oxford, he is Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment view full biography >
Jimmy Wales
Supporter - J Wales
Wikipedia Co-Founder. Jimmy Wales is an Internet entrepreneur and wiki enthusiast, and founder of the Wikipedia project view full biography >
Michel Jarraud
Supporter - M Jarraud
Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) since January 1st, 2004 view full biography >
Prof. Mohan Munasinghe
Sustainability Expert
Shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming and sustainable development and as Vice Chairman of the IPCC view full biography >
Adam Koniuszewski
Task Force Project Leader
Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Green Cross International and Treasurer / Board Member of Green Cross France. view full biography >