Nigel Purvis

Nigel Purvis is the founding CEO of Climate Advisers, a consultancy specializing in U.S. climate policy, international climate diplomacy, carbon markets, and climate communications. He served previously as deputy assistant secretary of state for oceans, environment, and science. In that role, he directed U.S. foreign policy relating to climate change, forests, and other environmental issues. He was also a senior policy adviser to the under secretary of state for global affairs and a treaty negotiator in the Office of the Legal Adviser. After leaving government, Mr. Purvis spent a decade as a senior scholar in major think tanks and advocacy organizations. He was senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He also served as vice president for policy and external affairs at the Nature Conservancy.