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President of Worldwatch Institute, Sustainable Energy Expert & Author

Christopher Flavin is President of the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based international research organization focused on energy, resource and environmental issues. Worldwatch is recognized around the world for its pathbreaking work on the global connections between economic, social, and environmental trends. Chris has spent his career at Worldwatch where he previously served as Senior Vice President and Vice President for Research.

Christopher has spent more than two decades documenting the vast potential of alternative energy sources and energy efficiency on a planetary scale

[expand title=”In detail”] Christopher Flavin is a cum laude graduate of Williams College, where he studied economics, biology, and environmental studies. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and serves as a board member of the Climate Institute and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan. He is on the advisory boards of the American Council on Renewable Energy, and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. He has participated in several historic international conferences, including the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and the Climate Change Conference in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. He also testifies before national and state legislatures and meets frequently with government and international leaders.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Having anticipated many of the changes now under way in world energy markets, Christopher Flavin is a leading voice on the need to build a low-carbon economy that will meet human needs without undermining the Earth’s ecological support system who speaks frequently to business, university, and policy audiences. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Christopher Flavin’s vast media experience, having appeared regularly on radio and television, including the BBC, CNN, NPR, PBS’s Newshour, and Voice of America is evident and his presentations are as memorable as they are powerful.[/expand]

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Topics

Building a Low-carbon Economy

Preserving the Earth’s Ecological Support System

Solar Energy

Wind Energy

Geothermal Energy

Bioenergy

Hydrogen Energy

Publications

Annual
Worldwatch Institute’s annual State of the World report
(he is a regular co-author of this report which has been published in 36 languages)

1994
Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution

1991
Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy

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