Staff Details

Dr Charles Russell - Senior Research Fellow

Charlie worked in New Zealand for 7 years after finishing his PhD at Aberdeen University. Following working in Blue Sky research developing biosensors for contaminated soil, he moved to New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment and subsequently Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to work on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting for the Kyoto Protocol. He worked with a range of stakeholders, research providers and extensively with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Secretariat to develop issues such as benchmarking Carbon, ensuring Good Practice in reporting frameworks and establishing the registry mechanism used in the Kyoto Protocol.

Having returned to the UK, he is now establishing new Carbon footprinting approaches for use at the local level in Scotland. Building on the strong research capacity of Glasgow Caledonian University’s Sustainability Centre, he is working with colleagues to establish a centre of excellence in emissions reporting and benchmarking in Scotland. His presentation will focus on the role of carbon footprinting as a management tool, relating the economic and social benefits achievable by using and applying this type of technology, in a low carbon future in Scotland.

Last Updated: 17th October 2006
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