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Biography

Pascale Bird is the executive director of Legal Response International (LRI), a London based charity that provides free legal assistance to developing countries and NGOs at the UN climate negotiations. She has over twelve years’ experience working in the climate arena: attending COPs and subsidiary meetings and delivering training sessions on the UNFCCC regime and its relevance for developing countries, both in the UK and abroad, for a wide range of audiences. She has also been involved in the review of climate change laws and policies in several countries, including Botswana, Chile, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea and Uganda. She is a qualified solicitor and holds an LLM in International Business Law and an MA in Geopolitics, Territory and Security. Before joining LRI, she worked as an associate and professional support lawyer in the EU and Competition department of Simmons & Simmons. She also volunteered for Oxfam, project managing a book on climate change liability.