The Climate Diplomat by Peter Betts
The definitive insider account of the COP negotiations.
We owe to him, in my view, the Paris Agreement* Rt. Hon. Jon Gummer, Lord Deben, Chair of the UK’s Climate Change Committee *
One of the world's most experienced environmental negotiators * Financial Times *
He had a vision of where we all needed to go and vision of what we needed to do to get there. * Todd Stern, US Special Envoy for Climate Change *
Pete Betts is a legend of UNFCCC diplomacy * Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Sharper: Rethinking the Science, Economics and Diplomacy of Climate Change *
One of the world's most experienced environmental negotiators * Financial Times *
He had a vision of where we all needed to go and vision of what we needed to do to get there. * Todd Stern, US Special Envoy for Climate Change *
Pete Betts is a legend of UNFCCC diplomacy * Simon Sharpe, author of Five Times Sharper: Rethinking the Science, Economics and Diplomacy of Climate Change *
Peter Betts was the Director of International Climate Change at Defra from 2008 to 2018 with overall responsibility for UK strategy on international climate policy and Lead Negotiator for the EU for six years, including at the Paris COP. After leaving the Civil Service in 2018 he was senior advisor to the Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency and advisor to the International Energy Agency. He was appointed CBE in 2010 and CB in 2020. Peter died of brain cancer in October 2023.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781805226895 |
| ISBN 10 | 1805226894 |
| Title | The Climate Diplomat |
| Author | Peter Betts |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2025-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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