Dr. Andrew Steer is the President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion fund to address the pressing issues of climate change and nature in this decisive decade.
Dr. Steer joined the Bezos Earth Fund from the World Resources Institute, where he served as President & CEO for over eight years. Prior to this, Andrew served as the World Bank’s Special Envoy for Climate Change from 2010 - 2012. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Director General at the UK Department of International Development. This followed 10 years in East Asia, where he was Head of the World Bank in Vietnam and Indonesia.
Dr. Steer is a Global Agenda Trustee for the World Economic Forum, a Commissioner of the Energy Transitions Commission, a member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), co-chair of the Greening the Belt and Road Coalition, and member of the Advisory Committees of the Asian Development Bank and Bank of America.
Andrew was educated at St Andrews University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cambridge University. He has a PhD in international economics and finance.
He is married to Dr. Liesbet Steer and is the father of Charlotte and Benjamin.
Se prevé que las epidemias, las inundaciones, las tormentas, las sequías y los incendios forestales serán más frecuentes y graves, y que afectarán a cientos de millones de personas cada a...
Épidémies, inondations, tempêtes, sécheresses et feu de forêts seront selon toutes probabilités plus fréquents et plus dangereux.
With confidence in future demand from the vast Chinese market, carmakers’ ambitions took off.
Now is the time for industry to transform its role in creating a more sustainable world – and for businesses to become key partners to governments.
New data-led applications let us track forest loss and discourage unsustainable practices in the supply chain.
Se necesitan cuatro cambios revolucionarios en la vida social y económica para controlar los gigantescos impactos económicos y salvaguardar los bienes comunes globales.
Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute, looks at how we can shrink our environmental footprint to protect the global commons.
