Helen Joan Plume is a climate change expert and senior New Zealand public servant in the
Ministry for the Environment. She has represented New Zealand as a negotiator at many
United Nations Climate Change Conferences.
Career
Plume joined the Ministry for the Environment in the mid-1980s.
She has represented New Zealand as a negotiator and contributed to climate change agreements, such as the
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...
and
COP 26.
In 2008 Plume was elected to serve a two-year term as chair of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and was the first New Zealander to fill this position. The then minister for climate change, David Parker, acknowledged her "exceptional ability" when he announced her appointment.
In the
2020 New Year Honours
The 2020 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebration ...
, Plume was appointed a
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the environment.
As of October 2020 she was chair of the Climate Change Experts Group, a collaboration between the
OECD and the International Energy Agency.
References
External links
Helen Plume interviewed by Ben Abraham Tea with the High Commission podcast on "Behind the scenes at COP26
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand public servants
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