Trustees

The Climate Parliament is a charity registered in the United Kingdom.  Its Trustees are:

CHAIR: Sir Graham Watson MEP (Liberal Democrat, UK)

Lord Alderdice of Knock (Liberal Democrat, UK)

Liberal Democrat Convenor in the House of Lords, former President of the Liberal International, and former Speaker of the Northern Irish Assembly.

Lord Archer of Sandwell (Labour, UK)

Former Solicitor-General of the United Kingdom.

Lord Bell of Belgravia (Conservative, UK)

Chairman of Chime Communications, former advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour, UK)

Labour, former Minister in the Department for International Development.

Ana Maria Gomes MEP (Socialist, Portugal)

 

Satu Hassi MEP (Green, Finland)

Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP (European People's Party, Finland)

The Climate Parliament also has an international advisory Council.  Its members are:

Dora Byamukama MP, Uganda, member of the East African Legislative Assembly, former Chair of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Ugandan Parliament, and a leading voice on women’s rights.

Senator Silvia Hernández, Mexico, former Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Minister of Tourism in a previous PRI government of Mexico, former President of Parliamentarians for Global Action, and of Women Parliamentarians for Peace.

Akua Dansua MP, Parliament of Ghana.  Minister for Youth and Sports. Formerly Executive Director of Parliament’s Energy Committee.

Milind Deora MP, Congress, India, Minister of State for Information and Technology and one of the initiators of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

Rebecca Harms MEP, Germany, Co-Chair, Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament.

Cyd Ho, Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, Chair of the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor and broadcaster.

Anne Grete Holmsgaard MF, Denmark, Vice-Chair of the Energy Policy Committee of the Danish Folketing, formerly Director of the Technical University of Denmark.

George Kuo-Liang Hsieh MP, Taiwan, Member of the governing KMT party in the Legislative Yuan.

Robert Johansen, Professor of International Relations, University of Notre Dame, and a leading thinker on global governance issues.

Bernadette Lahai MP, Parliament of Sierra Leone. Chair, African Parliamentarian Network on Climate Change, Sierra Leone Chapter.

Norbert Mao, Leader of Gulu Council in Northern Uganda, former Leader of the Opposition in the Ugandan Parliament.

Congressman Jim McDermott, Democrat, USA, Chair, Subcommittee on Income Security, House Ways and Means Committee, Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on International HIV/AIDS and of the Africa Trade and Investment Caucus.

George Nangale MP, Tanzania, Member of the East African Legislative Assembly, Chair of the Environment Committee.

Congressman Thomas Petri, Republican, USA, member of Committee on Education and Labour and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Ranking Republican on Aviation Subcommittee.

Kono Taro MP, Liberal Democrat, Japan, member of the House of Representatives and former Minister responsible for e-Government.

Chiu-Chin Tien MP, Taiwan: Member of the DPP party in the Legislative Yuan. Involved in democracy and environmental protection movements.

William Ury, co-author of Getting to Yes and other well-known books on negotiation, Director, Global Negotiation Project, Harvard University.

Anders Wijkman, former member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Christian Democrats, and former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.



European Union
Oxfam Novib
Stiftung-drittes-millennium
United Nations Development Programme
The Environmental Defense Fund
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency