Rate My Professor Howard Bamsey

Howard Bamsey serves as Honorary Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. He holds the position of Chair of the Global Water Partnership and is a board member of the Climate Policy Initiative and the ClimateWorks Centre. Throughout his distinguished career, Bamsey has occupied pivotal leadership roles in international environmental governance. These include Executive Director at the Green Climate Fund, Director General of the Global Green Growth Institute, Senior Adviser on Sustainable Development to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Special Adviser on Green Growth to AusAID. Previously, he acted as Australia’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Deputy Secretary in the Australian Public Service—specifically in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency—and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Greenhouse Office. Additionally, he has undertaken several ambassadorial appointments within the Australian foreign service, such as Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, and co-chaired the United Nations’ Dialogue on Long-term Cooperative Action on Climate Change from 2006 to 2007.