Pam Pearson
Pam Pearson is a former U.S. diplomat with 35+ years’ experience working on global issues, including climate change, multilateral development bank (MDB) environmental policies, and nuclear non-proliferation. She served in postings to Ecuador, Sweden; and in Central Asia with USAID to design some of its earliest environmental health programs there; with her final overseas posting as acting Deputy Chief of Mission in Oslo, Norway (1999-2003). She was part of the Kyoto Protocol negotiating team and served as the US Focal Point to the GEF and later, to the Global Fund on AIDS (2003-05), as part of the Bush Administration's early PEPFAR program. After leaving State in 2007, Pam worked initially on Arctic climate issues, then founded the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) in 2010 to bring greater policy focus to the rapid changes occurring in mountain and polar regions from anthropogenic carbon emissions
