Alex Evans is a non-resident fellow at the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University, where he runs CIC’s work on climate change and global public goods. He was seconded from CIC to the United Nations from June to October 2007 as part of the team charged with planning and executing the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Event on climate change. His other current areas of research are on the international implications of rising food prices (a joint project between CIC and Chatham House), and the changing nature of influence in 21st century diplomacy (with Demos). He also co-edits www.GlobalDashboard.org, the global risk and foreign policy blog.
From 2003 to 2006, Alex was Special Adviser to Hilary Benn MP, then UK Secretary of State for International Development, where he worked across DFID’s policy agenda, including UN reform, governance in fragile states and the Middle East Peace Process. He focused particularly on climate change, including working as a member of the cross-Whitehall team charged with working up the Prime Minister’s climate change agenda for the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles.
Prior to joining DFID in 2003, Alex worked in a range of other climate and energy-focused roles, including as the head of the climate and energy research program of the Institute for Public Policy Research (2002-3), at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as a specialist on emissions trading (2002), as communications director at the Global Commons Institute (2000-2) and as a political consultant on climate and energy policy (1998-9). He has an MSc in environment from Imperial College at the University of London, and an MA in politics from the University of Edinburgh.
Selected Publications:
- "An Institutional Architecture for Climate Change" Co-authored with David Steven. CIC and Department for International Development discussion paper, May 2009.
- "Beyond the Summit." The Guardian online, July 10, 2008.
- "Towards A Theory of Influence for Twenty-First Century Foreign Policy," from Engagement: Public Diplomacy in a Globalised World. Co-authored with David Steven. London: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2008.
- "Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development." CIC and Chatham House briefing paper, April 2008.
- "Shooting the rapids: multilateralism and global risks." Co-authored with David Steven. Paper for Progressive Governance Summit, April 2008.
- "Rising Food Prices: international drivers and implications." CIC discussion paper, December 2007.
- "Climate Change: the state of the debate." Co-authored with David Steven. CIC and London Accord discussion paper, December 2007.
- "The Post-Kyoto Bidding War: Bringing developing countries into the fold." CIC policy brief, October 2007.
- "How cap-and-trade could replace foreign aid." Foreign Policy, February 2007.
- "Can development build effective states?" CIC discussion paper, February 2007.
- "A New Global Leaders' Forum?: Comparing and evaluating recent proposals." CIC policy paper, February 2007.
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