John Carstensen

John Carstensen has over 25 years of experience in the field of development assistance, climate change and sustainable development. With a background in international and environmental law John has developed and directed the implementation of several large-scale bilateral and multilateral development assistance programmes with a focus on poverty alleviation and the environment. He also has solid experience in capacity development, training and awareness raising as well as human resource management. John worked for over eight years with UNEP and has several years of experience working at high political levels, including being Personal Assistant to the Danish Energy and Environment Minister Svend Auken, and a negotiator at national and international levels. John received the International Ozone Award for an outstanding contribution to the protection of the ozone layer, September 1997, Montreal, Canada..