About: Corrado Clini

Corrado Clini
Corrado Clini, born in 1947, is the italian Minister for Environment, Territory and Sea from November 2011. Previously he served as Director General of the Ministry of the Environment and Territory and Sea Protection of Italy, responsible for international and global issues, climate change, ozone layer protection, sustainable development and international co-operation for the protection of the global environment, as well as environmental European regulations. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Parma, and specialized in occupational health and hygiene and public health. Dr. Clini directed in the 1980s the Department of Environmental Protection and Industrial Medicine of Venice-Porto Marghera, the most important industrial area in Italy, with a high density of chemical plants, refineries and power plants. As Director General of the Environment Ministry, he had in the 1990s the responsibility for the elaboration and the adoption of regulations on air and noise pollution, industrial safety, and environmental standards for industrial and transportation sectors. Dr. Clini headed the Italian expert-level delegation at the Rio Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, and the Kyoto Conference on Climate Change in 1997. In 2000-2001 Dr. Clini was the co-chair of the G8 task force on Renewable Energy. Member of the Bureau of the European Environment Agency 2003-2008. Chairman of the Board of the Regional Environment Center of Budapest 2004-2009. Awarded “International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of the People’s Republic of China” 2004. Member of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development since 2005. Dr. Clini is the co-chair of the European Environmental and Health Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Since 2006, Dr. Clini is the chairman of the Global Bioenergy Partnership. He is a Visiting Professor at the Department for Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Tshingua University (Beijing) and at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.