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Jane Burston
Burston addressing the 2019 World Economic Forum
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
EmployerClean Air Fund
Jane Burston
mmádu
ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
aha enyereJane Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya1981 Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụọkà mmụta sayensị Dezie
onye were ọrụNational Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọMahadum nke Cambridge Dezie
affiliation stringNational Physical Laboratory, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Clean Air Fund Dezie
so naWorld Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 Dezie
onye hiwereClean Air Fund Dezie

Jane Burston bụ onye isi, onye nchịkọta na onye hibere Clean Air Fund, bụ otú na ahụ banyere enyemaka na ịkwụsị mmetọ ikuku nke ụwa [1] nke ehibere na mgbe UN Secretari Jeneral mere mmemme nke ọgbakọ iru eluigwe na mba New York ya na ijeri dolas iri ise site na aka ndị enyemaka ego isi .[2] Na mgbe mbu, Jane bụ onye isi nke ike sitere n' ala na gburugburu ebe obibi nke obodo nke nlekọta ahụ ike ana ahụ anya.

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Onwuka Burston has strong ethical and environmental principles. She gave up meat when she was eleven, and as a student fought to eliminate plastic in her college canteen.[3] Burston studied philosophy at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a first class degree in 2002.[4]

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After graduating, Burston worked for a strategy consultancy for 4 years, before spending a year in Zambia running an NGO recycling computers and training teachers in IT. On returning to the UK she worked on climate policy for Transport for London and the Mayor of London's office.

In 2008, Burston founded Carbon Retirement, a social enterprise that reformed emissions trading and carbon offsetting.[5] Carbon Retirement put pressure on countries and companies to embrace clean technology, by allowing them to buy and use up credits. Carbon Retirement partnered with the New York Stock Exchange in September 2011.[5]

Burston joined the National Physical Laboratory in 2012, where she led a team of 150 scientists and engineers. At NPL, she founded the Centre for Carbon Measurement, looking at carbon markets, low carbon technologies and climate data. In 2015 she gave evidence at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[6] In August 2017 Burston was seconded to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as Deputy Director of Science for Climate and Energy. In June 2019, Burston founded and became Executive Director of the Clean Air Fund.[2]

Jane Burston became a Trustee of Parkinson's UK in 2019.[7]

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In 2009 Burston was selected as a Climate Change Ambassador for the British Council.[8] In 2011 Burston was named as one of Management Today's High Flying Women Under 35 and the Square Mile Social Entrepreneur of the Year.[9][10]

In 2012 Burston was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.[11][12] She won the 2012 Management Today Future Leaders Award.[13][4] In 2015, she was named as one of the Top 20 Young People Globally by the International Chamber of Commerce and a Friends of Europe European Young Leader: 40 under 40.[14] In 2021, she was nominated by Christina Figueres as a WIRED changemaker of tomorrow.

Burston was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for the Future of Real Estate and Urbanization,[15] a member of the Global Future Council for Energy and she currently co-chairs the Global Future Council for Clean Air.[16] She was instrumental in launching the first global corporate Alliance for Clean Air.[17]

Jane Burston has a strong track record of public engagement. In 2013, she appeared on BBC Radio 4 talking about 'Putting profit in its place'.[18] She gave a TED talk in 2015 at the London School of Economics.[19] That year she also spoke at X. She has spoken at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 and 2021 United Nations Climate Change conferences.[20][21] Burston delivered a lecture at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment in 2018.[22] In 2021, Burston performed a ‘Letter to the 21st Century’ on BBC Radio 4.[23] She has contributed to HuffPost, Carbon Brief and the World Economic Forum's Agenda.[24][25][26]

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  1. ↑ Clean air for all (en-GB). www.cleanairfund.org. Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 $50m philanthropic clean air fund launched (en). AirQualityNews (2019-10-09). Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  3. ↑ Profile: Jane Burston is fighting a killer (en-US). Impact Investor (2022-01-12). Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Congregations of the Regent House on 27, 28, and 29 June 2002". Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Carbon Retirement - the future of offsetting? (en). www.businessgreen.com (2011-09-21). Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  6. ↑ "Witnesses named for fracking risks inquiry", DRILL OR DROP?, 2015-01-06. Retrieved on 2018-07-17. (in en-US)
  7. ↑ Parkinson's UK Board of Trustees (en). Parkinson's UK. Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  8. ↑ Serco employee named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum.
  9. ↑ NPL Social Entrepreneur of the Year Jane Burston keynotes at Smart Grids Conference (en). Cambridge Network. Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  10. ↑ Jane Burston | Global CCS Institute (en). hub.globalccsinstitute.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved on 2018-07-16.
  11. ↑ Young Global Leaders - Jane Burston : National Physical Laboratory (en). www.npl.co.uk. Retrieved on 2018-07-16.
  12. ↑ Serco employee named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum. Serco. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  13. ↑ Jane Burston scoops MT Sky Future Leaders Award : News : News + Events : National Physical Laboratory (en). www.npl.co.uk. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  14. ↑ European Young Leaders | Friends of Europe (en). www.friendsofeurope.org. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  15. ↑ A global deal isn't the only way to fight climate change. World Economic Forum. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  16. ↑ Clean Air (en). World Economic Forum. Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  17. ↑ Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified. initiatives.weforum.org. Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  18. ↑ BBC Radio 4 - Four Thought, Series 4, Putting Profit in Its Place (en-GB). BBC. Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  19. ↑ 2015 speakers (en-US). TEDxLSE. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  20. ↑ COP24 Katowice Poland - Sustainable Innovation Forum in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Sponsors | Sustainable Innovation Forum 2018. cop.climateactionprogramme.org. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  21. ↑ COP23 Bonn Germany - Sustainable Innovation Forum | COP23. www.cop-23.org. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
  22. ↑ The future of energy in an interconnected world | Jane Burston. Imperial College London. Retrieved on 2018-06-16.
  23. ↑ BBC Radio 4 - Coming of Age: Letters to 2021, Jane Burston (en-GB). BBC. Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
  24. ↑ "Achieving Low Carbon Cities Means Supporting New Technologies", HuffPost UK, 2016-03-07. Retrieved on 2018-07-17. (in en-GB)
  25. ↑ "Guest post: Do satellites hold the answer to reporting greenhouse gases? | Carbon Brief", Carbon Brief, 2018-04-23. Retrieved on 2018-07-17. (in en-US)
  26. ↑ Jane Burston - Agenda Contributor (en). World Economic Forum. Retrieved on 2022-04-12.
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