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Nonresident Brookings Scholar on Environment and Development
Nonresident Brookings Scholar on Environment and Development, Foreign Policy
Nigel Purvis’ research focuses on how U.S. foreign policy can protect the earth’s climate and promote sustainable development of its natural resources. He was a vice president of The Nature Conservancy and deputy assistant secretary of state for Oceans, Environment and Science.
Climate change and energy policy; environmental diplomacy; international law; multilateral negotiations; U.S. foreign aid and development policy
Current PositionsVice President, The Nature Conservancy; International Affairs Adviser, National Commission on Energy Policy; Director and Founder, Environment 2004Past PositionsDeputy Assistant Secretary of State, Oceans, Environment and Science (2001); Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow (2000); Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (1998-2000); Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University (1997); Attorney, Office of the State Department Legal Adviser (1993-1997); Attorney, Sullivan & Cromwell (1990-1993)
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1990; B.A., University of Minnesota, 1987
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