Langston James "Kimo" Goree VI
Langston James “Kimo” Goree VI is the Director of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Reporting Services and one of the founders of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Kimo established the CLIMATE-L list in 1998 has been the list’s moderator for more than ten years. In January 2008 he developed the first concept note for Climate Change Policy & Practice, and is responsible for the fundraising and overall coordination for this knowledge management project.
Chris Spence is the Deputy Director of IISD Reporting Services and is responsible for the recruitment, training and day-to-day management of consultants and staff. He also writes periodic Policy Updates for Climate Change Policy & Practice, and frequently manages IISD’s teams of experts at major UN conferences on climate change and other environment and development issues. He currently divides his time between San Francisco and New York.
Prior to joining IISD, Chris worked in New Zealand as a political researcher and speechwriter, investigative journalist and lobbyist. His work focused on environment, health and international relations. He has also consulted widely for various United Nations agencies and organizations over the past decade, most notably on climate change. He lectures and writes regularly on climate change in the U.S. and internationally. His first major book, Global Warming: Personal Solutions for a Healthy Planet, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2005. He has an MA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of Victoria, New Zealand. Chris is also an advisor to IUCN’s Multilateral Office in Washington, DC. 
Lynn Wagner is the executive editor of 
Alice Bisiaux is the Content Editor and Thematic Expert for Oceans, Coasts, and Freshwater of 
Diego Noguera is the Digital Manager for IISD Reporting Services and Online Editor of 
Ángeles Estrada is the Online Editor of 
Brad has been architecting web software from the very start of his career (10+ yrs) using several different languages and frameworks. He specializes in data-driven web programming specifically in the development of “smarter” search engines, web/data performance tuning, process automation, and search engine/content optimization. In his spare time and when requested, Brad has been doing presentations for small business startups on variety of computer topics covering areas on: how to properly manage your computer desktop/files/data, how to effectively purchase hardware and software, how to troubleshoot your computer, internet searching techniques, and what you really need to know when starting up a web site. 
Soledad Aguilar is the Thematic Expert on Trade, Finance and Investment for Sustainable Development. She has participated in more than fifty multilateral environmental negotiations, mostly on finance and trade and environment issues within the climate change, biodiversity, biosafety and chemicals conventions, working for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin as writer and team leader, and previously as a negotiator and diplomat for the Argentine Government. She has also worked as a consultant on international environmental law for the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization on issues including a post-2012 climate change framework, pest and pesticide management, and biofuels. She is a regular contributor to specialized environmental policy and law journals on developments in the Doha environmental goods and services negotiations, the UN Financing for Development process, and the GEF. Soledad holds an LLM degree from the London School of Economics and law degree from University of Buenos Aires. 
Tomilola “Tomi” Akanle is the Thematic Expert for Capacity Building & Education and Industrial Development, and she also covers the actions taken by the UNU, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNICEF, UNESCO, ITU and the UNFCCC Sustainable Development Mechanisms programme. She joined the Earth Negotiations Bulletin team in 2007 and covers meetings on climate change and sustainable energy. She is currently studying for her PhD in International Environmental Law at the University of Dundee, Scotland, and is studying the clean development mechanism (CDM). 
Asheline holds an LL.M. degree from University College London and a law degree from the University of Nairobi. She has specialized in international environmental law, particularly climate change and biodiversity. Asheline worked as a State Counsel for the Attorney-General in the department of treaties and agreements, Kenya, as well as in private practice. She now consults for a number of international organizations and UN agencies on environmental issues. 
Melanie Ashton is the Thematic Expert for Chemicals Management. She holds an MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics. Her dissertation analyzed the relationship between International Financial Institutions and developing country Governments in a Principal-Agent framework. Originally from Melbourne, she also holds a Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences from the University of Melbourne. Melanie first attended international environmental negotiations as a member of the WSSD Youth Caucus and later as a consultant in the area of Persistent Organic Pollutants. She has worked extensively on chemical management and environmental issues throughout the South Pacific. 
Joanna received her BA in Peace and Conflict studies and Environmental Policy from the University of Toronto, where she focused her research on the role of non-state actors in the UNFCCC process. She has contributed her research on civil society influence to the Yale/UNITAR conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy and was a member of the Canadian Government Delegation to the 16th and 17th United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development as an NGO delegate. Joanna was the 2011 Pimlott Lecturer at the University of Toronto and continues to showcase creative perspectives on climate policy through her correspondence on CIUT 89.5 The Green Majority. Joanna is pleased to be joining the ENB reporting and IISD Knowledge Management Projects team. 
Having joined IISD Reporting Services as a writer/editor in 2005, Leonie now works as "Your Meeting Bulletin" (YMB) manager/editor, responsible for IISD RS' "for hire" reporting services. Leonie holds a BA Honours in law from Durham University and a Masters in Anthropology of Development from the University of Sussex. She began her career as an international lawyer in London and Brussels, then worked in documentary film production and with non-governmental organizations in wildlife conservation. Since joining the ENB team, she has followed a diverse number of processes but has focused on negotiations on international trade in endangered species, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. 
Reem Hajjar is the Thematic Expert for Forests. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia, where she is examining community forestry experiences in Brazil, Mexico and Canada. She has a Master's in Conservation Biology from Columbia University, and a Bachelor's in Biology from McGill. Since joining the Earth Negotiations Bulletin in 2005, she has covered various forest and biodiversity-related negotiations, including the meetings of the UN Forum on Forests and the International Tropical Timber Organization. 
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Stefan Jungcurt has worked for IISD as project officer on the negotiations on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) and as associate working in the areas of sustainable agriculture, genetic resources for food and agriculture, and linkages between international regulation on biodiversity conservation and other issue areas such as trade and climate change. He completed his Ph.D. on institutional interplay in global environmental governance at Humboldt University, Berlin in 2007. Originally from Germany, Stefan is currently based in Gatineau, Québec, where he spends his free time exploring the great Canadian outdoors. 
Tallash studied International Relations and minored in Environmental Studies at undergraduate level at the United States International University. She is currently seeking to better understand the concept of sustainable development from both the political angle and at the practical level, and hopes to do her Masters in Environmental Policy. When not the “hybrid” team member for IISD RS, she can be found mentoring teenage girls, practising photography, reading, or working with women’s groups in and around Nairobi. 
Faye recently joined IISD RS after four years at the World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy, where she ran the UNelections Campaign and ReformtheUN.org. Faye has a Masters in International Affairs with a concentration in trade and sustainable development. Her experience includes community organizing in Boston, refugee advocacy in Washington, DC, human rights fact-finding and conflict transformation with Burmese communities in Thailand, and international institutions and governance in New York.
Aaron is currently working towards a Ph.D. at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. His work is a macrocomparative exploration of the differing interfaces between science and politics in the context of biofuels policy formation in Brazil, the EU and the USA. Aaron holds a masters degree in Global Political Economy from the University of Kassel where he also worked as a research associate and economics instructor before beginning his doctorate. He is active in Attac Germany's agricultural policy and Economic Partnership Agreements working groups. 
Stefan is pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental politics at Yale University. His research deals with the interaction between public and private environmental regulation, focusing on several issue areas such as biofuels, fisheries, electronic waste, fair trade, and organics. He holds an MA in Political Science (2002), a Complementary Degree in Economics (2003), and an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies (2005), all from the University of Leuven (Belgium). Between 2003 and 2008 he worked as a researcher and teaching assistant at the Political Science department of the University of Leuven. 
Since joining the IISD RS team, Tanya she has followed negotiations on trade in endangered species, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Tanya alsoworks with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Montana and Central Asia. She began her career as a practicing international lawyer in Italy and the United States. Her interest in large carnivores led her to go back to school and study bears and work on human-wildlife conflicts in Yellowstone and Italy, and most recently in Pakistan with Project Snow Leopard. Tanya has worked as adviser for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and holds degrees in law and social ecology from Italy, Harvard and Yale. She is managing editor of the IBA/BSG International Bear News and vice-chair of the IUCN WCPA Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group. 
Renata Rubian is the Thematic Expert for Human Development issues. She works for the Poverty Group, Bureau for Development and Policy, at UNDP, an initiative that supports the implementation and achievement of MDGs by 2015. Prior to moving to New York, Renata served at the UNDP Regional Centre in Sri Lanka, where she collaborated on the development of the Asia Pacific Regional Human Development Report series. Renata’s previous experience also includes working with the Ecosystem and Livelihoods Group at IUCN, UNEP, Convention on Biological Diversity, UNDP in Brazil, and the Canadian Government in Ottawa. She holds an MA in Political Science, with a major in Development Studies, from McGill University. 
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Matt Sommerville is the Thematic Expert for Adaptation, Forests, Agriculture, Food Security, Science, Assessment and Monitoring, and Finance. He covers the actions taken by the FAO, WFP, members of the CGIAR group, IPCC, WMO and the Adaptation Fund. He joined the Earth Negotiations Bulletin team in 2008 and covers meetings on climate change, oceans and biodiversity. He is currently finishing his PhD in Biology and Environmental Policy at Imperial College-London, and is focusing on the implementation of payments for ecosystem services (PES). 
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Elsa Tsioumani is the Thematic Expert for Biodiversity. She has covered meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and other biodiversity-related bodies since 2000. She is an international lawyer focusing on environmental and human rights issues, based in Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a Law Degree and a Master in Public Law and Political Science from the University of Thessaloniki, and an LL.M. in European Law from the College of Europe in Belgium. 
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