Ben Caldecott

Ben Caldecott is a British environmentalist, economist, and commentator who is the founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment[1] and a Trustee of the Green Alliance.[2]

Biography

Ben Caldecott has been recognised as "a leading thinker of the green movement" by The Independent[3] and has written for The Guardian,[4] The Independent,[5] The Telegraph[6] and The Huffington Post.[7] He has been a commentator for a number of national news outlets, including the BBC,[8] CNBC,[9] The Financial Times,[10] The New York Times[11] and The Wall Street Journal.[12] Caldecott has authored, co-authored and edited publications on energy, climate change and sustainability,[13] including with Bill Bryson[14] and Dieter Helm.[15]

Prior to joining the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Caldecott was Head of Policy at investment bank Climate Change Capital and before that was Research Director, Environment and Energy at Policy Exchange.[16]

Caldecott read economics and specialised in development and China at the University of Cambridge, SOAS University of London and Peking University.[13] He has a doctorate in economic geography from the University of Oxford.[13]

He was first included in the 2013 edition of Who's Who (UK) and in that edition was the youngest non-sportsperson included on merit (i.e. not entered automatically through the possession of a hereditary title).[13]

Dr Caldecott is co-chairman of The Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI),[17] together with Professor Rob Bauer (Maastricht University). Founded in 2017 by a network of global research universities, the Alliance aims to promote rigorous and highly impactful academic research on sustainable finance and investment. The Alliance is composed of 25 members.

In August 2019, Caldecott was appointed as Senior Advisor to Chair and CEO of the Green Finance Institute, an independent forum for public and private collaboration on green finance with a mission to accelerate the UK's transition to a net-zero carbon economy. [18]

In 2020, Caldecott was created the "Lombard Odier Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow of Sustainable Finance" at Oxford University[19]

References
  1. Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, Smith School, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, UK, 2013
  2. Ben Caldecott, Trustee, Green Alliance, Green Alliance, UK, 2012
  3. Ben Caldecott, Contributor, The Independent, The Independent, UK, 2012
  4. Ben Caldecott, Contributor, The Guardian The Guardian, UK, 2012
  5. Ben Caldecott, Contributor, The Independent The Independent, UK, 2012
  6. Ben Caldecott, Contributor, The Telegraph The Telegraph, UK, 2012
  7. Ben Caldecott, Contributor, The Huffington Post The Huffington Post, UK, 2012
  8. Greens welcome new climate department BBC News Online, UK, 2008
  9. Climate finance in Africa CNBC, US, 2012
  10. Shale reserves: gas seen as a bridge between old and new forms of power The Financial Times, UK, 2012
  11. Sustainable bonds hope to help fix the planet The New York Times, US, 2010
  12. UK to reveal gas power plans The Wall Street Journal, US, 2012
  13. Caldecott Benjamin, Who's Who, 2013 Who's Who, Oxford University Press, UK, 2012
  14. Litterbugs: how to deal with the problem of littering Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Policy Exchange, UK, 2009
  15. Delivering a 21st Century infrastructure for Britain Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Policy Exchange, UK, 2009
  16. Ben Caldecott, Alumni, Policy Exchange Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Policy Exchange, UK, 2012
  17. https://www.sustainablefinancealliance.org/
  18. https://www.greenfinanceinstitute.co.uk/news/dr-ben-caldecott-appointed-senior-adviser-to-chair-and-ceo-green-finance-institute/
  19. "University of Oxford and Lombard Odier launch strategic partnership on Sustainable Investment". Lombard Odier. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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