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Director:

Dr. Anita M. Halvorssen, a Norwegian national, is an international lawyer. Dr. Halvorssen is the Director of Global Legal Solutions, LLC. She has taught Global Climate Change Law and Policy and Sustainable Development and Trade at the University of Denver, College of Law, and International law at University of Colorado, Political Science Department. Dr. Halvorssen was formerly a Senior Executive Officer at the Royal Ministry of Environment in Norway, and has worked at the law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen, in Denver, Colorado. She has also taught European Union Law at the School of Law and International Environmental Law at the School of Law and Political Science Department at the University of Colorado and was a Fellow at the Natural Resources Law Center (NRLC). Dr. Halvorssen received her first degree in law from the University of Oslo, Norway, and an LLM and a Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) from Columbia University. She is the author of Equality Among Unequals in International Environmental Law: Differential Treatment for Developing Countries (Westview Press, 1999), as well as many articles in the area of international environmental law.

Advisory Board:
Dr. Snorre Kverndokk, Frisch Centre, Oslo, Norway, Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group III (created by UNEP and the WMO).
Espen Rønneberg, Climate Change Adviser Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).