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David Kanter 414A
Robertson Hall, Princeton,
NJ, 08544 USA dkanter
(at) princeton.edu |
David is in
his second year of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) Ph.D program at the Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. His work with Professors Denise Mauzerall and Michael Oppenheimer focuses on how and to what effect the Montreal Protocol could control nitrous
oxide (N2O), one of the most abundant ozone depleting substances
and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. By investigating both the effect of
nitrogen fertilizer application on global N2O emissions using the
latest computer climate models, as well as possible policy approaches for the
Montreal Protocol, he is hoping to track this issue from its source to its
solution. With faith in the effectiveness of a single international climate
agreement quickly waning, David is convinced the Montreal Protocol has an
important role to play in mitigating the effects of global climate change.
David
graduated with a BSc in Chemistry and Law from
the University of
Bristol, UK in 2009. His undergraduate thesis looked at how to
reform the international regulation of fluorinated greenhouse gases,
particularly hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Before
arriving at Princeton, David worked as a science and policy adviser to Greenpeace International in Amsterdam on their campaign
to eliminate fluorinated greenhouse gases. This work took him to three annual
Montreal Protocol Meetings of the Parties from 2007 to 2009 and the 2009 UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen. He spent the
summer of 2010 working in Paris at the OzonAction branch
of the UN Environment Programme, which helps
developing countries comply with their commitments under the Montreal
Protocol. David was
born and raised in Brussels, Belgium to Swedish and British parents. Outside
of work, David loves playing music and has done everything from play at Club
Med in return for free holidays, annoy Simon Cowell,
and jam on a (moving) pink electric milk van. |
