Summary
Lawyer and independent consultant, specializing in international environmental law. Has provided legal advice and assistance to SIDS in the international climate change negotiations for over 20 years. Background in climate change law and policy, Article 6 and carbon markets, emissions trading, low carbon development, legal frameworks, capacity building.
Qualifications and credentials
JD, 1985-88, Completed, University of Chicago School of Law
BA, 1981-85, Completed, Yale University
Work experience
Climate Analytics - Consultant, Senior Legal Advisor, London
Climate negotiations, mitigation, adaptation, markets, compliance; Paris Agreement Article 6, Kyoto Protocol, EU ETS, CDR
University of London, SOAS School of Law, Senior Fellow and LLM Instructor - Climate Change Law and Policy, London
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), Head of Climate Change and Energy Programme, London
FSM Government Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General, Pohnpei, FSM
FSM Supreme Court, Clerk; General Counsel, Pohnpei, FSM
Skadden Arps, Associate Attorney, Washington DC
Earthjustice, Associate Attorney, New Orleans
Publications
Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal to Meet the 1.5°C Limit: Key Governance Gaps, Challenges and Policy Responses, Global Policy 12(S1):67-81, Global Policy, https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/climate-change-energy-and-sustainability/large-scale-carbon-dioxide-removal-meet-15degc
Australia’s proposed ‘Kyoto carryover’ - nature, scale, implications, legal issues and environmental integrity of the Paris Agreement, Climate Analytics, https://climateanalytics.org/publications/australias-proposed-kyoto-carryover-nature-scale-implications-legal-issues-and-environmental-integrity-of-the-paris-agreement
Loss, Damage and Responsibility after COP21: all Options Open for the Paris Agreement, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305695003_Loss_Damage_and_Responsibility_after_COP21_All_Options_Open_for_the_Paris_Agreement
Mitigation Commitments Under the Paris Agreement and the Way Forward, Climate Policy, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305424941_Mitigation_Commitments_Under_the_Paris_Agreement_and_the_Way_Forward
Loss and Damage under the UNFCCC: What relation to the Hyogo Framework?, Germanwatch, https://ca1-clm.edcdn.com/assets/mace_and_schaeffer_2013_loss_and_damage_under_the_unfccc_-_what_relationship_to_the_hyogo_framework.pdf?v=1695116658
Legal and Design Issues Arising in linking the EU ETS with existing and emerging emissions trading schemes, Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233673747_Legal_and_design_issues_arising_in_linking_the_EU_ETS_with_existing_and_emerging_emissions_trading_schemes
Transnational Aspects of a Linked Carbon Market, Carbon & Climate Law Review, https://cclr.lexxion.eu/article/CCLR/2008/2/38