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Eileen Claussen

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During her career, Claussen has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Fitzhugh Green Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Environmental Protection, the Meritorious Executive Award for Sustained Superior Accomplishment. She is the recipient of the Department
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Her insistence on engaging and recognizing the influence of the private sector has earned Claussen a reputation of being somewhat of a maverick in the NGO community, but she says she is convinced that solutions that do not make economic sense will eventually follow the declining path of the oceans,
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argued that Claussen was a good representative for the United States because she was seen as less "arrogant" in negotiations than other U.S. representatives. She also achieved real success in working with industry on the Montreal Protocol, and was credited by industry officials as being "credible,
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and meets with other key stakeholders to share ideas for addressing climate change. She established the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), which became the largest U.S.-based association of companies committed to advancing both policy and business solutions to climate
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ecosystems, species and natural resources the Pew Center is trying to protect. In fact, the joint statement of the BELC states, "We believe that the response must be cost-effective, global and equitable, and also allow for economic growth based on free market principles."
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of State's Career Achievement Award and the Distinguished Executive Award for Sustained Extraordinary Accomplishment. She also served as the Timothy Atkeson Scholar in Residence at
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Claussen grew up in South Africa, where she developed an interest in the environment and the natural landscape. She received her Bachelor of Arts from
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In November 2011, Claussen launched the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
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reports and a broad collection of white papers and briefs by noted climate experts covering a range of critical topics including economics,
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Between 1993 and 1996, Claussen served as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Environmental Affairs at the
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argues that Claussen was extremely effective in the Montreal Protocol negotiations "because of her open, frank, and trustworthy style."
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Claussen was credited as being an outstanding representative of the United States in international negotiations. Liz Cook of
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scrupulous, attentive to the concerns of industry, and reasonable in dealing with these concerns."
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Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
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Between 1987 and 1993, Claussen was Director of the Office of Atmospheric Programs for the
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Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change)
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Council on Foreign Relations: Claussen on the future of US Climate Policy
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program. Claussen was instrumental in negotiating and implementing the
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in 1998. She then launched the center's successor organization, the
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Assistant Secretary Claussen planting a tree in Budapest, July 1996
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Biography on the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions website
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which curbed the production of CFCs and other toxic chemicals.
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People of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
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In 2015, Claussen was named Executive-in-Residence at the
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Unsung Heroes: Federal Execucrats Making a Difference
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Unsung Heroes: Federal Execucrats Making a Difference
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According to a 2001 profile in Green@Work magazine,
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Eileen B. Claussen

Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Elinor G. Constable
David B. Sandalow
George Washington University
BA
University of Virginia
MA
U.S. Department of State
National Security Council
Environmental Protection Agency
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
George Washington University
University of Virginia
Booz Allen Hamilton
Boise Cascade
United States Department of Defense
Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Air Act
Energy Star
Montreal Protocol
Norma M. Riccucci
Friends of the Earth

National Security Council
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
global warming

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