Mark Turner (UK) was a senior communications consultant for the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G).
Turner has seen the world of international affairs from many sides, as a foreign correspondent, NGO activist, aid worker, and speechwriter.
He was the Financial Times' Africa correspondent, and later UN correspondent, with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. After leaving newspapers he moved into public interest communications, including with the advocacy group Avaaz.org, IOM (after the Haiti earthquake), IRENA (renewable energy), UNHCR (refugees), and OCHA, as speechwriter for Valerie Amos, the UN's humanitarian aid chief. He lives in the Surrey hills of southern England, and loves games and long walks on the heath.
Featured Work
OCT 18, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How can multilateral processes shape the governance of climate-altering approaches? with Franz Perrez
Addressing the global challenge of governing climate-altering approaches through multilateralism is not just possible but necessary, says Ambassador Franz Perrez during a "C2GTalk" interview. ...
OCT 11, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How can young people get involved in governing climate-altering approaches? with Marie-Claire Graf
Young people may not yet have a seat at the decision-making table, but they are influential stakeholders with the power to steer the direction of ...
OCT 4, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: Is the multilateral system equipped to govern climate-altering approaches? with Paul Watkinson
Five years since the Paris Agreement came to fruition, Paul Watkinson talks to "C2GTalk" to provide some personal reactions, drawing on his long experience ...
OCT 4, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: Are we going to be at the table when climate-altering approaches are considered? with Elizabeth Thompson
Island peoples may well consider climate-altering approaches, like carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification, because of the existential threat posed by climate change, said ...
OCT 4, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: Is it time to consider additional climate-altering approaches to tackle the planetary emergency? with Johan Rockström
The world faces a planetary emergency that requires considering all possible options to tackle it, said Johan Rockström, in a "C2GTalk" interview. Speaking ...
SEP 27, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: An Introduction to the Series, with C2G Executive Director Janos Pasztor
Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative's "C2GTalk" is a series of one-on-one interviews with influential practitioners and thought leaders, exploring the governance challenges raised by emerging ...