Special Envoy on Climate Change and the Environment

In April 2011 Mr. Gardiner was appointed as the Special Envoy on Climate Change and the Environment to the Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Ed Miliband MP.

In this capacity he works with other senior legislators around the world to provide innovative thinking on the current debates within the UNFCCC, UNCBD, UNEP, GEF and other environmental bodies.

Reporting directly to Ed Miliband, Mr. Gardiner provides regular assessments of the national priorities and positions of other countries on environmental issues. He suggests areas for further development and policy cooperation in order to achieve international consensus around issues of climate change, natural wealth accounting, desertification, biodiversity and sustainable development.

Read the Press release from the Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband.

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