ADVISORY BOARD
CLAUDE HENRY
PROFESSOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT SCIENCES PO PARIS AND AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
PHYSICIST TURNED ECONOMIST.
PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL OF IDDRI.
MEMBER OF ACADEMIA EUROPEA.
FELLOW OF THE ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY.
PREVIOUSLY:
HEAD FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS AND PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AT THE ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FOR THIRTY YEARS.
MEMBER OF THE CONSEIL D’ANALYSE ÉCONOMIQUE IN PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN'S OFFICE FOR FIVE YEARS (1997-2002).
SOME RESEARCH TOPICS: WEAK INTERACTIONS IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLES PHYSICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH DISCONTINUITIES; OPTION VALUES TO DEAL WITH IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS; DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES ECONOMICS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MECHANISMS AND INNOVATION.
PIERRE DUCRET
CHAIR OF INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE ECONOMICS (I4CE) AT THE CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS GROUP.
SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR CLIMATE CHANGE & COP21 AT CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS GROUP.
GRADUATE OF SCIENCES-PO AND THE ECOLE NATIONALE D’ADMINISTRATION, AND ALSO HOLDS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY.
PREVIOUSLY:
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CDC CLIMAT, A CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS SUBSIDIARY DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION TO AN ECOLOGICAL AND LOW-CARBON ECONOMY.
DIRECTOR OF THE CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS GROUP’S SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY.
EXECUTIVE MANAGER IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS GROUP.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PENSIONS UNIT, GROUP CORPORATE SECRETARY, AND THEN DIRECTOR FOR BANKING SERVICES.
BEN ORLOVE
PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
ANTHROPOLOGIST.
BA HARVARD COLLEGE, MA, PHD BERKELEY.
DIRECTOR OF THE MASTER’S PROGRAM IN CLIMATE AND SOCIETY.
SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE AND SOCIETY
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS.
PARTICIPATED IN COP21 IN PARIS AS AN OFFICIAL OBSERVER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT (ICIMOD), AS WELL AS TAKING PART IN UNESCO-SPONSORED EVENTS ON INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN THE UNFCCC PROCESS.
LEAD AUTHOR FOR THE IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON OCEANS AND THE CRYOSPHERE.
SOME RESEARCH TOPICS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIER RETREAT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON WATER, NATURAL HAZARDS AND THE LOSS OF ICONIC LANDSCAPES.