Across the Convisero mentors network are individuals and collaborations that are working on the critical concern of the environment.
Recently, Duncard Pickard, was featured in the Vineyard Gazette about his latest project at work, “proving that greenhouse gases are a pollutant and that the countries with the highest carbon emissions have a legal obligation to curb their effects.” He’s also featured in Tufts NOW on this case and feels a special connection to small islands seeing parallels between his hometown of Martha’s Vineyard and their vulnerability to climate change.
Similarly, the People’s Tribunal for Environmental Justice formed out of a summer Fletcher project Julia Shufro completed for her graduate program. This group included Boaz Wachtel, Rachel Svetanoff, and Peter Droege. Peter, together with India's remarkable Admiral Dhowan, is creating in partnership with The Trebuchet the Global Maritime Accord Academy, whose third session took place recently.
Leo Stern works for the France committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), chaired by Pascal Lamy, former director of the World Trade Organization. The PECC aims to bring together diplomats, entrepreneurs and researchers to foster economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. He assists the Secretary General in defining the overall committee’s strategy. I also organize conferences - e.g., on the blue economy, sustainable tourism, IT supply chain restructuring, deep-sea mining - and provide financial and geopolitical analysis that feed into high stake negotiations.
Gregg Nakano has recently created an extraordinary project in the region concern, the KASL Climate Research Station - Ebadon. Gregg was the ramrod of the Institute's ALLIES civil - military program, whose seeds under Gregg's initiative grew into Pacific ALLIES. Now as part of Pacific ALLIES there is the KASL Kwajalein Atoll Sustainability Laboratory.
Another great alum, Daniel Mandell, who until recently served in the important post of chief Legal counsel to the President of Vanuatu. After he completes his time in Palau, Daniel will be a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Tokyo, Japan, where he will research ways for the U.S./Japan/Australia trilateral relationship to work together on development projects in the Pacific region.