Annie Petsonk
International Counsel
Work
Annie Petsonk coordinates EDF’s advocacy efforts on international environmental law, international agreements and institutions and works to develop international laws that provide economic incentives for environmental protection.
Annie’s areas of expertise include economic incentives for environmental protection, international agreements & institutions, international environmental law, post-2012 roadmap/architecture, U.S. Congress and international aspects of U.S. climate legislation, clean development mechanism, and reducing deforestation (REDD+).
Background
Annie has been actively engaged in international climate negotiations since before the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse gas emissions was agreed. Before coming to EDF, Annie worked for the United Nations Environment Program’s environmental law unit and as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. She received her JD from Harvard Law School.
Latest pieces
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Three opportunities for the UN’s aviation agency to deliver climate action
September 25, 2019
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Could aviation loopholes swallow climate progress?
December 11, 2018
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Clouds on the horizon: The legal status of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism
May 1, 2018
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ICAO’s market-based measure could cover 80% of aviation emissions growth in mandatory phase
October 6, 2016
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To understand airplanes’ climate pollution, a picture is worth a thousand words
February 12, 2016
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International action on aviation emissions: What's at stake in ICAO
February 7, 2016
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Aviation emissions deal: ICAO takes one step forward, half step back
October 4, 2013
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Bloomberg-EDF analysis: Mandates plus markets could make airlines' emissions goals readily affordable
August 1, 2013
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Mind the gap: Airlines can't meet emissions reductions goals without global market-based measure, report finds
March 4, 2013
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Senate-passed bill puts pressure on U.S. Administration, ICAO to limit aviation emissions
September 24, 2012
