Ron Israel is a Climate Scorecard Co-Founder and the Executive Director of The Global Citizens’ Initiative.
Who We Are
Climate Scorecard identifies and advocates for actions that can lower emissions in leading greenhouse gas emitting countries and support the Paris Agreement.
Who We Are
Climate Scorecard was formed in 2015 by two concerned climate change advocates — Ron Israel, Director of the Global Citizens’ Initiative and Lois Barber, Director of the environmental advocacy group EarthAction. Its first activity was to analyze the emission reduction pledges that all countries signing the Paris Agreement were asked to make. The analysis concluded that initial Paris Agreement pledges are too low to prevent the planet from exceeding the global warming tipping point of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Therefore, Climate Scorecard began its current program of climate change reporting and advocacy. Each month a team of young environmental researchers and advocates compiles a report on efforts related to climate change mitigation in each of 20 leading greenhouse gas emitting countries. These monthly Country Spotlight Reports also rate the status of current efforts, using a four-star rating system, and contain an advocacy message aimed at changing the practices of those responsible for the activity described in the monthly report.
Each Climate Scorecard Country Spotlight Report gets posted on Climate Scorecard’s website, viewed by 10,000 visitors a month, and on Climate Scorecard’s Facebook and Twitter pages that get hundreds of likes and retweets a month. In addition, all of Climate Scorecard’s monthly country reports are combined and published, along with related meta-analysis of climate change trends, into a monthly Global Spotlight Report. The monthly Global Report goes out to a mailing list of several thousand environmental leaders around the world.
Climate Scorecard has recently launched a High Ambition Country Coalition Campaign. The goal of this Campaign is to organize a network of concerned organizations in each country that can advocate for their countries to strengthen their Paris Agreement pledge before November 2020, the date all countries are expected to submit a revised pledge.
Climate Scorecard Staff
Lois Barber
Co-Founder
Lois Barber is a Climate Scorecard Co-Founder and the Executive Director of EarthAction.
Marisa Young
Digital Media Coordinator
Marisa Young manages all digital content and communications for Climate Scorecard.
Climate Scorecard Country Managers
Julian Atchison
Australia Country Manager
Julian Atchison is an MSc graduate from the University of Melbourne in Zoology.
Luiza Karpavicius
Brazil Country Manager
Luiza Karpavicius is a Msc Student in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) with a Bachelor degree in Economic Science from the University of São Paulo (Brazil).
Diane Szoller
Canada Country Manager
Diane Szoller has been working on sustainability issues since the ’90s, including the start-up of several agencies.
Annette Wiedenbach
China Country Manager
Annette is a MIT SPURS Fellow alumna. Prior to coming to Boston, for the past 20 years she has lived in China, Taiwan and Singapore to work in communications, public affairs and sustainability.
Lise Favre
European Union Country Manager
Lise has a background in International Development Economics.
Stephan Savarese
France Country Manager
Stephan Savarese is the President of Saving Our Planet and VP of Sauvons Le Climat.
Berit Mohr
Germany Country Manager
Berit is an experienced officer in the environmental sector with a strong passion for sustainable development, environmental education and effective science communication.
Pooran Chandra Pandey
India Country Manager
Contributor to encyclopedia on sustainable development goals, Pooran Chandra Pandey is a managing director of Soent Group, a Germany based international policy consulting firm.
Tristan Grupp
Indonesia Country Manager
Tristan Grupp holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University in International Development Studies with a focus in sustainability.
Kenta Matsumoto
Japan Country Manager
Kenta Matsumoto is a member of Climate Youth Japan, a youth environmental NGO.
Aline Nolasco
Mexico Country Manager
Aline studied International Relations and holds a degree in Environmental Policy.
Valeria López-Portillo
Mexico Country Manager
Valeria holds a Master in Environment and a Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Policy.
Priscilla Offiong
Nigeria Country Manager
Priscilla Offiong is a seasoned administrator, an environmentalist with over 6 years of research, evaluation and monitoring.
Colette Linton
Russia Country Manager
Colette Linton is a sustainability consultant working internationally at the nexus of natural resources management and healthy communities.
Abeer Abdulkareem
Saudi Arabia Country Manager
Abeer Abdulkareem holds a Master’s degree from Tufts University.
Amgad Ellaboudy
Saudi Arabia Country Manager
Amgad Ellaboudy is an Adjunct Faculty of Earth Science and Oceanography at Chaffey and Mount San Antonio community colleges.
Tabana Mailula
South Africa Country Manager
Tabana Mailula is a GIS and Environmental Consultant with a passion in Renewable Energy and Climate Change policies. She holds Honours BSc in Environmental Monitoring and Modelling.
Jimin Ellie Kim
South Korea Country Manager
Jimin Ellie Kim has 5 years of experience in the Media Broadcasting field in Seoul as a News Anchor at KBS24 and Hankyung TV. She holds a Master’s degree in Climatic Environment from Korea University.
Samantha Pettigrew
Spain Country Manager
Samantha holds a Master in Public Policy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Impact Evaluation. She is an experienced global citizen passionate about international climate policy.
Neebir Banerjee
Thailand Country Manager
Neebir Banerjee is a recent graduate from University of Toronto with an Honors Bachelor of Science degree.
Özlem Duyan
Turkey Country Manager
Özlem Duyan is an Energy and Environmental Engineer.
Yevheniia Zasiadko
Ukraine Country Manager
Yevheniia Zasiadko is the Climate Policy Coordinator at the Center for Environment Initiatives "Ecoaction" and an Executive Committee member at the Cooperation and Development Network in Eastern Europe.
Zara Holden
United Kingdom Country Manager
Stephanie Gagnon
United States Country Manager
Stephanie Gagnon is a current masters student at Boston University studying International Relations and Environmental Policy.