Aubrey Meyer 
Biography
Director of Global Commons Institute from United Kingdom
Aubrey Meyer is Director of the Global Commons Institute (GCI), a London-based think-tank that focuses on policy solutions addressing climate change. As chief architect of a policy framework called ‘Contraction and Convergence,’ Meyer has made an extraordinary impact on the on-going international negotiations surrounding climate change.
Videos
Aubrey Meyer
What is the fair way to deal with climate change?
In researching policy ideas to combat climate change during the 1990s, Meyer realized that global emissions could only be reduced to a safe level within a controlled international…
Recorded: 11 November 2004
Aubrey Meyer
How did the concept of ‘Contraction and Convergence’ develop?
The result of the GCI’s lengthy research was a policy framework called “Contraction and Convergence” (C&C). This was in direct reponse to post-war “Expansion…
Recorded: 11 November 2004
Aubrey Meyer
What is the ‘Contraction and Convergence’ approach to tackling climate change? (Part 1)
In the first of this series of three clips, Meyer explains how ‘Contraction and Convergence’ (C&C) combats climate change within an organized, international framework.…
Recorded: 11 November 2004
Aubrey Meyer
What is the ‘Contraction and Convergence’ approach to tackling climate change? (part 2)
In this second clip of three, Meyer describes how the Contraction & Convergence framework can benefit all participating countries – especially the poorest countries of…
Recorded: 11 November 2004
Aubrey Meyer
What is the ‘Contraction and Convergence’ approach to tackling climate change? (part 3)
In the last of this series of three clips, Meyer talks about the fact that a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions may require a necessary slowing down of the global economy. He…
Recorded: 11 November 2004
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