About this Event
Andrew Gilmour is Executive Director of the Berghof Foundation. Before joining the Berghof Foundation in May 2020, Andrew served 30 years at the United Nations, most recently as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights from 2016 to 2019 and as Political Director in the Office of the Secretary-General in New York from 2012 to 2016. He previously held senior UN positions in numerous conflict zones including Iraq, South Sudan, the Middle East, the Balkans, Afghanistan and West Africa.
With masters degrees from Oxford University and the London School of Economics, Andrew was later an Adjunct Fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. In 2019 Andrew was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College Oxford to research links between climate change, human rights and conflict. In 2020 he became a Senior Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
His writing has appeared in numerous publications such as the New York Times, Financial Times, The Economist and many others. In his recent book he explores how climate change contributes to conflict and how solutions can be advanced.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Room 2.1, Centre For Commercial Law Studies, 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, United Kingdom
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