Jennifer Bansard

Jennifer is a Team Leader with the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, as well as an independent consultant providing in-depth insights on current developments in environmental governance and capacity building support on engagement in multilateral negotiation processes.

She has more than a decade of experience working for various (inter-)governmental and academic institutions, mainly on climate change and biodiversity. With ENB since 2017, she has been leading our coverage on processes such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

Jennifer has published on a range of topics, including cities’ climate action and the role of science in environmental governance. She holds Master’s degrees in Environment and Resource Management (VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands), International Relations (Sciences Po Aix, France), and Applied Political Sciences (University of Freiburg, Germany).