James Gustave Speth

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James Gustave Speth is an American environmental lawyer, policy expert, and academic known for his leadership in global sustainability and environmental advocacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
author
environmental lawyer
human
policy expert
advocatesFor climate change mitigation
environmental justice
reform of global economic systems for sustainability
awardReceived Blue Planet Prize
coFounded Natural Resources Defense Council
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Yale Law School
Yale University
employer United Nations Development Programme
Vermont Law School
Yale School of the Environment
surface form: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
familyName Speth
fieldOfWork environmental law
environmental policy
global governance
sustainable development
founded World Resources Institute
genre environmental non-fiction
givenName James
hasAcademicDiscipline environmental studies
public policy
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Council on Environmental Quality
surface form: President's Council on Environmental Quality
middleName Gustave
movement environmental movement
sustainability movement
notableFor environmental advocacy
leadership in global sustainability
notableWork America the Possible
Red Sky at Morning
The Bridge at the Edge of the World
They Knew: The U.S. Federal Government’s Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis
occupation environmental lawyer
policy analyst
university professor
positionHeld Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Chair of the United Nations Development Group
Co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council
Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Founder and President of the World Resources Institute
Member of the President's Council on Environmental Quality
Professor at Vermont Law School

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World Resources Institute founder James Gustave Speth
Natural Resources Defense Council foundedBy James Gustave Speth
this entity surface form: Gus Speth