Nicholas Dunlop
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| Born | 7 November 1956 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | activist, lecturer, climate change, renewable energy, nuclear disarmament |
Nicholas Dunlop is co-founder and secretary-general of the Climate Parliament and founding member of the World Future Council.[1]
Career
[edit]Nicholas Dunlop is co-founder and Secretary-General of the Climate Parliament, a global network of Members of Parliament and Congress working to prevent dangerous global warming and promote renewable energy.[2] He was previously Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action.[3] In 1984, he coordinated the launch of the Six Nation Peace Initiative, bringing together a group of heads of government to work on ending the Cold War and to promote nuclear disarmament. In 1985 Dunlop co-wrote a short article about Indira Gandhi's call for nuclear disarmament.[4] In 1987 he was a co-recipient of the first Indira Gandhi Peace Prize presented by the President of India. More recently, he was executive director of EarthAction, a global network of more than 2,000 citizen groups in 160 countries, working together to generate political will to solve global problems.[5] Working with celebrities such as the actor Leonardo DiCaprio and the rock band Crosby, Stills and Nash, Dunlop has helped to increase public attention to major problems such as climate change and desertification. He has also served as a Consultant to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme on relations with national parliaments. Educated in Singapore, India and New Zealand, Nicholas Dunlop is a citizen of New Zealand and Ireland, and is based in England.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Councillor Biographies – Nicolas Dunlop". World Future Council. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Climate change: Rising temperatures will affect agric, livestock production - expert". The Daily Trust. 2 July 2022. ProQuest 2683647596. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Arnold, David (22 May 1984). "5 LEADERS URGE END OF NUCLEAR ARMS RACE". Boston Globe. ProQuest 294280925. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
"This is an unprecedented diplomatic effort," Nicholas Dunlop, secretary general of the Parliamentarians, said from the organization's headquarters in New York yesterday.
- ^ Dunlop, Nicholas; Grimsson, Olafur (January 1985). "Indira Gandhi and the Five Continent Initiative". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 41 (1): 46. Bibcode:1985BuAtS..41a..46G. doi:10.1080/00963402.1985.11455896. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "World parliament online". Appropriate Technology. 28 (4): 36. 2001. ProQuest 200005934. Retrieved 26 February 2025.