Author:
Chris Webb

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Author:
Chris Webb

Chris has worked at PwC over 10 years, supporting both public and private sector clients on the risks and opportunities of climate change policy and finance; with a further focus most recently on the role of forestry, agriculture and land-use in climate change.

He has led teams providing policy advice and support to a range of donors (including DFID, DECC and Defra), multilateral agencies (such as the World Bank and UNEP) and foundations (such as Gatsby and Rockefeller), and has for the past year directed PwC UK’s work supporting the Global Green Growth Institute in Indonesia.

He is currently chair of the REDD+ working group of the Climate Markets and Investors Association, and the private sector observer to institutions such as the World Banks’ Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.

Most recent content from this author

Feature
9th December 2015
Climate change - bring in the marketing specialists Christina Elvers and Chris Webb report on the hot debates about food consumption on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Paris - and find that the conversation currently lacks the expertise of consumer marketing specialists.
Feature
13th June 2015
G7 leaders put their weight behind Paris deal, but progress at UNFCCC talks in Bonn is glacial Christina Elvers and Kiran Sura of CDKN with Chris Webb report on progress last week in international climate negotiations.
Feature
9th June 2015
G7 places climate change high on the agenda Positive commitments at the G7 summit in Germany could provide a timely boost to the slow-moving UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn, report CDKN’s Sam Unsworth and Chris Webb.
Artículo destacado
27th December 2014
Los países en desarrollo logran algunas concesiones de último minuto en Lima; pero, ¿puede ser realmente justo un acuerdo poco ambicioso? La Conferencia de las Partes de la CMNUCC llevada a cabo en Lima, Perú, nos deja preguntándonos si el nivel de ambición mundial para enfrentar el cambio climático llegará a ser alguna vez lo suficientemente alto como para evitar muchos de los efectos catastróficos del clima cambiante.
Feature
16th December 2014
Developing countries secure some last minute concessions in Lima; but can a deal without ambition really be fair? The UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru leaves us wondering if global ambition to tackle climate change will ever be high enough to avoid many of the catastrophic impacts of a changing climate. If the UNFCCC is to deliver this, then 2015 will need to be an exceptionally productive year. CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth, Kiran Sura and Chris Webb report.
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24th November 2014
INDCs – what existing building blocks can developing countries use? Helen Picot, Kiran Sura and Christopher Webb of CDKN argue that many developing countries have solid foundations on which to develop their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for presentation to the UNFCCC.