Mr. Evans is a senior policy associate at CIC, leading a new program on reducing trans-boundary economic and geophysical risks such as climate change, resource depletion, and energy security.  He worked from 2003 to 2006 as a special adviser to Hilary Benn, the UK Secretary of State for International Development.  Before this, he worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London, as a climate change specialist at organizations including the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Global Commons Institute, and as an adviser to the UK Prime Minister's Envoy on Faith Issues.  He has an MSc in environment from Imperial College and an MA in politics from the University of Edinburgh.

Selected Publications:

• "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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