John Carstensen

John Carstensen is Head of Profession in Climate and Environment for the Department for International Development (DFID). He has over 30 years of experience in the field of sustainable development, environment and climate change from Government, United Nations and NGO perspectives. He led international negotiations to protect the Ozone Layer as Chair of the Montreal Protocol working group from 1992 to 1995 and has delivered poverty oriented environment programmes in Egypt, Thailand and Vietnam....See more

John Carstensen is Head of Profession in Climate and Environment for the Department for International Development (DFID). He has over 30 years of experience in the field of sustainable development, environment and climate change from Government, United Nations and NGO perspectives. He led international negotiations to protect the Ozone Layer as Chair of the Montreal Protocol working group from 1992 to 1995 and has delivered poverty oriented environment programmes in Egypt, Thailand and Vietnam. He was CEO of Society for the Environment and Chief Operating Officer for INTRAC. See less