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Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
I have recently assumed a new institutional position at NRDC as “Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy”. NRDC has long recognized that the environment does not recognize national boundaries and now we know that we cannot achieve our strategic priorities without engaging in international fora and working in other key countries. What is also clear is that we need to adopt new approaches and take advantage of new technologies to make real progress on climate change and other global environmental challenges. I am very proud of what we been able to accomplish over the last thirty-plus years and looking forward to working with the NRDC Board and staff to strengthen NRDC’s global reach and capacity. When I am not trying to save the planet, I enjoy life in Washington, DC with my family and friends. I like to bike and ski and do photography.
Recent Posts
Posted May 14, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
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It is easy to feel depressed about the state of the Rio+20 preparations after the recent two weeks of “informal informal” negotiations at the United Nations in New York. The governments managed to reach agreement on less than two dozen...continued→
Posted April 27, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
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- earthsummit, greenjobs, international, oceans, racetorio, rio+20, sustainabledevelopment, unitednations
Just recently Rio+20 has started to get some attention in wider circles in Washington, DC with the focus on whether President Obama will attend the Summit. It began with Todd Stern, the US chief climate change negotiator, indicating on a press...continued→
Posted April 23, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- climatechange, earthsummit, Earthsummit2012, earthsummit2012, racetorio, Rio+20, rio+20, rioplus20, sustainabledevelopment
I was really pleased to get the chance last Sunday to speak on behalf of NRDC at the 2012 Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The only problem was the weather – bone-chilling cold and pouring-down rain. As I...continued→
Posted April 12, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
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- climatechange, earthsummit, earthsummit2012, racetorio, rio+20, rioplus20, uncsd2012, unitednations
After participating in Rio+20 preparatory meetings last month at the United Nations, it appears that governments will spend thousands of hours this spring arguing over a draft Rio+20 output document now more than 200-page long. We heard for the first...continued→
Posted April 9, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
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Today, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff will meet with President Obama in the White House. They will undoubtedly discuss the upcoming big international athletic matches to be held in Rio de Janeiro: the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. These...continued→
Posted March 30, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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This Saturday March 31st, millions of people around the world will observe “Earth Hour” at 8:30 p.m. As you’ll see in the awesome video below, people will turn off lights in cities around the world to demonstrate concerns about our planetary home and...continued→
Posted March 29, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- earthsummit2012, environmentaljustice, globalwarming, international, plastics, racetorio, Rio+20, rioplus20, sustainablecommunities, sustainabledevelopment, wildlife
This post is first published on Sage Magazine by Angel Hertslet of the US Citizens Summit Blog Team The summit kicked off with a panel entitled “Twenty Years After Rio, Why are We Not There Yet?” According to Daniel Esty, Commissioner of...continued→
Posted March 20, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- earthsummit, earthsummit2012, oceans, racetorio, rio+20, rioplus20, uncsd2012, unitednations
With fewer than one hundred days before the start of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, there are reasons to be hopeful about prospects for this gathering: The United Nations just announced that 115 Heads of...continued→
Posted March 15, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- earthsummit, earthsummit2012, planning, rio+20, rioplus20, smartercities, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities, sustainabledevelopment, uncsd2012, urbanpolicy
This post is co-authored by Philip Goo, a member of NRDC's Global Strategy and Advocacy team, and Marissa Ramirez, who works on NRDC's Sustainable Communities initiatives. ...continued→
Posted February 21, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
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- climatechange, earthsummit, earthsummit2012, energy, oceans, racetorio, Rio+20, rioplus20, uncsd2012, unitednations
I am in Nairobi this week for the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”) Governing Council. It is in part a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the creation of UNEP and the progress the international community has made in recognizing...continued→
Posted January 13, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- brazil, earthsummit, earthsummit2012, racetorio, rio+20, rioplus20, sustainabledevelopment, uncsd2012, unitednations
It is the start of a new year and the time for making resolutions to change our ways. Yet we all know how hard it is to give up old habits. This reality was evidenced by the just released “zero”...continued→
Posted November 19, 2011 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- climatechange, earthsummit, earthsummit2012, globalwarming, oceans, racetorio, rio+20, uncsd2012, unitednations
It now looks like we really are going to have another “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro next June. The Brazilian Government has proposed pushing back the start of the “Rio+20”gathering two weeks to encourage the participation of as many presidents...continued→
Posted September 30, 2011 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
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In the last six weeks, the pace of preparations for the June 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit has really picked up – as has the coverage in new and social media. As a result, we have decided to change the focus of our...continued→
Posted September 26, 2011 by Jacob Scherr in Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably
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- earthsummit, earthsummit2012, racetorio, rio+20, wangarimaathai
I awoke today to the sad news that Wangari Maathai, environmental leader and Nobel Prize winner, had died at age 71. I first had contact with her in the days running up to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de...continued→
Posted August 12, 2011 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
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- brazil, earthsummit, Earthsummit2012, energy, greeneconomy, latinamerica, racetorio, rio+20, rioplus20, youth
2012 EARTH SUMMIT IS A PRIORITY FOR BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT President Rouseff of Brazil (Photo Credit: Merco Press) Speaking on August 5th at the Fourth Brazilian Symposium on Sustainable Construction, Minister of the Environmental Izabella Teixeira noted that Rio+20 “is a...continued→
