Asun Lera St.Clair Short CV

1. Dr. Asuncion Lera St. Clair is Senior Principal Scientist at the
Climate Programme of DNV GL Group Technology and Research.
Philosopher and sociologist, she has over 15 years of experience
on solutions oriented research in the interface between poverty,
development and climate change, and more recently on the linkages between science,
technology and the private sector. Her work has contributed to the development of ISSC social
science agenda for global change and ICSU science review of the SDGs. She was Lead Author for
IPCC AR5, and Scientific Director of the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
under the International Social Science Council and professor at the University of Bergen. Asun
has also served as an Associate to the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS)
project under the International Human Dimensions Programme for a number of years. She also
was President of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA). Her current work
focuses on private sector engagement for climate and sustainable development solutions, in
particular on the co-production of climate services with the private sector, and on hybrid forms
of climate governance where the private sector has a key role to play, guidelines and standards.
Asun co-developed the framework for structuring the Assessment of the UN Global Compact
done by DNV GL IMPACT: Transforming Business, Changing the World - The United Nations
Global Compact (2015), and more recently led the development of the Climate Technology
Center and Network (CTCN) Private Sector Engagement Strategy and co-developed the concept
of the CTCN Engagement Forum. Asun was Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergen
until 2011, and Research Director at CICERO-Oslo Climate Research Center with a special focus
on Climate and Development. She continues her dedication to sustainable development, ethics
and justice issues through serving at the Programme Advisory Committee and the Board of
Governors of ICIMOD, remains engaged with IDEA, gives lectures, coauthors academic papers,
and participates in teaching and networking efforts.
RESEARCH LEADERSHIP & GUEST LECTURES
 Member of the Board of Governors and Programme Advisory Committee of the
International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
 Member of the Editorial Board Global Opportunity Report and Network
 Member Expert Committee UNDESA Review on Social Development
 Board Member, London School of Economics Laboratory for Advanced Research on the
Global Economy at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights Human Rights
 Member Expert Panel for JPI Climate ERANET for Climate Services
 Member of the Advisory Committee for Horizon 2020 SC5 Societal Challenges,
Norwegian Research Council
 Member Joint Programming Initiative “Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (JPI
Climate) Working Group IV Decision Making
 Board Member Swedish Research Council FORMAS Climate and Environment
Programme (until 2013-2015)
 Panel Member Norwegian Research Council Climate Change Program Plan 2012-2013.
 President of the International Development Ethics Association (2011-2015)
 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Global Environmental Change; Journal of Global
Social Policy; Journal of Global Ethics; Journal Globalizations; Journal of Global

2. Governance; Journal of Global Social Policy; Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer;
Journal Sustainability.
 Convener and co-convener of many international conferences and panels.
 Invited Speaker to many international conferences and forums
PROJECTS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
 Project leader, After COP 21: An analysis of the climate services market for DNVGL
 Project leader, Governance for climate solutions: the role of standards and
recommended practices
 Task Manager, Private Sector Engagement for the Climate Technology Centre and
Network (CTCN)- DNV G-CTCN Strategic Partnership.
 Project Leader, IPCC AR5 In Europe: Usability, Framing, and Communication of
Scientific Information, RCN and Joint Programming Initiative on Climate (JPI
Climate).2013-2016
 Project leader, Making Climate information meaningful and actionable, DNV GL
Strategic Research & Innovation internal project. 2015.
 Project leader; Governance for Climate Solutions. DNV GL Strategic Research &
Innovation internal project. 2015.
 Project leader, Statkraft Climate Information Project. 2014.
 Project leader CICERO components. Black Carbon in the Himalayas: Science and
mitigation options, with ICIMOD and SEI, funded by Norwegian ministry of Foreign
Affairs (CICERO Leader) 2014-2017
 Project leader CICERO components. Climate Services Action: The Global Framework
for Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa .WMO lead with WHO, WFP,
Red Cross, CGIR-CCFAS, and CMI. 2014-2016
 Project Leader, Himalaya Climate Change Adaptation (HICAP), (2011-2016) with
ICIMOD and UNEP Grid Arendal. Funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 Sundqvist, G., Gasper, D., St.Clair, A.L., Hermansen, E., Yearley, S., Wynne,B., and Østevo, I.
2016. One world or two? Science-policy interactions in the climate field, (under peer
review)
 Tabara, J.D. St.Clair, A:L., Hermansen, E. Transforming knowledge production and
communication processes to address high-end climate change. The case of Spain, 2016.
(under peer review).
 Fløttum, K. Gasper, D. and St.Clair, A.L. 2016. The four IPCC “worlds” – a comparison of
topics and frames in the Fifth Assessment Report; Global Environmental Change , 38,
118–129.
 St.Clair, A.L. and Aalbu, K. 2016. The four transformative governance shifts emerging
from COP21. University of Oslo Academy of Global Governance Working paper.
 Hackmann, H., Moser, S., and St.Clair, A.L. 2014. The Social at the Heart of Global
Environmental Change; Nature Climate Change; V. 4. 1 August 2014. 665,
 Burkett, V.R., A.G. Suarez, M. Bindi, C. Conde, R. Mukerji, M.J. Prather, A.L. St. Clair, and
G.W. Yohe, 2014: Point of departure. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and
Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to

3. the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field,
C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L.
Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R.
Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United
Kingdom and New York, NY, USA,
 St.Clair, A.L. 2014. The four tasks of development ethics at times of a changing climate.
Journal of Global Ethics . 10:3, 283-291, DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2014.974111
 St. Clair, A. L. Response-Able Science. Changing Global Environments, World Social
Science Report 2013, Paris: ISSC/ UNESCO/OECD http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-
issues-migration-health/world-social-science-report-2013_9789264203419-en .
 Gasper, D.R. Portocarrero, A.V., Lera St. Clair, A. The framing of climate change and
development: A comparative analysis of the Human Development Report 2007/8 and the
World Development Report 2010. Journal of Global Environmental Change 23 (1):28-39.
2013.
 Dugard, J. St. Clair, A.L. and Gloppen, S. (eds). 2013. Climate Justice, rights and the poor.
Special Issue of the South African Journal of Human Rights 29.
 Tschakert, P, van Oort, B., St. Clair, A.L., and Lamadrid, 2013. Inequality and
transformation analyses: a complementary lens for addressing vulnerability to climate
change. Climate and Development 5(4):340-350
 Gloppen, S. and St. Clair, A. L. Climate change lawfare, 2013. In Climate Change and Global
Governance: International Regimes in a Changing Environment . OC Ruppel / C
Roschmann / K Ruppel-Schlichting (Eds) Nomos Publishers, Germany.
 Hackmann, H. and A.L. St.Clair. 2012. Transformative cornerstones of Social Science
research for Global change. report of the international Social Science council. Paris.
http://www.worldsocialscience.org/documents/transformative-cornerstones.pdf
 St.Clair, L.A. and D. Gasper (eds). 2012. Development Ethics: A Reader, London: Ashgate.
 McNeill, D. And A.L. St.Clair, 2011. Global Poverty, Ethics, and Human Rights: The Role of
Multilateral Organisations; New York and London: Routledge.
 McNeill, D and St Clair A.L. ‘The World Bank’s Expertise: Observant Participation in WDR
2006 Equity and Development’ in Terms of Reference: The Anthropology of Expert
Knowledge and Professionals in International Development. D.Mosse (ed.); Oxford:
Berghahn Press.
 McNeill, D and St Clair A.L. 2010. “Poverty, Human Rights and Global Justice: The
Response-Ability of Multilateral Organisations,” Journal Globalizations.
 O’Brien K, A. L. St. Clair, B. Kristoffersen (eds.) 2009. Climate Change, Ethics and Human
Security. Cambridge University Press.
 St.Clair, A.L. 2009.Climate Change and Poverty: The Responsibility to Protect” in Climate
change, Ethics and Human Security , in O’Brien K., A. L. St. Clair, B. Kristoffersen
(eds.)Cambridge University Press.
 O’Brien K., A. L. St. Clair, B. Kristoffersen. 2009. ‘The Framing of Climate Change: Why it
Matters’ in Climate change, Ethics and Human Security, Cambridge University Press.
 O’Brien K., A. L. St. Clair, B. Kristoffersen. 2009. Towards a New Science for Climate
Change’, in Climate change, Ethics and Human Security Cambridge University Press.

4. SOME RECENT INVITED KEYNOTE ADRESSES, COMMUNICATION OF SCIENCE, AND GUEST
LECTURES
“The SDGs, Global Governance and Science”; Keynote address World Social Science Forum
(WSSF 2015), Durban, South Africa, September 16, 2015.
Social Development at the Heart of Climate Resilient Pathways, High Level Expert Panel;
Rethinking and Strengthening Social Development in the Contemporary World, united Nations
General Assembly, February 4, 2015
“The science and policy interface flowing from the IPCC AR5”, Transformational Climate Science
conference; The future of climate change research following the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report,
University of Exeter, May 15-16, 2014.
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/climate2014/programmeandspeakers/
“Entrepreneurship: the missing link for making science work” Key note at ICSU (International
Council for Science, Future Earth Conference “Enhancing collaboration between the
development aid and the global environmental change communities to achieve development
goals in Africa;” Johannesburg, 5-6 May 2014.
Human Rights and Globalization: Addressing the challenges of equitable and fair sustainability,
London School of Economics (LSE) , 1 May 2014
http://www.lse.ac.uk/humanRights/events/2014/Globalization.aspx
“Global social policy in a changing climate”; New Directions in Social Policy. United Nations
Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. April 7-8, 2014
Launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II Report (AR5 WGII),
Miljø Directorat 31 March 2014
http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/no/Nyheter/Nyheter/2014/Februar-2014/Lansering-av-
IPCC-delrapport-2-31-mars-Virkninger-tilpasninger-og-sarbarhet/
“Co-production of climate services: the role of social science research;” European Commission
High level panel Towards a European Market of Climate Services, Brussels, March 18, 2014.
"Transdisciplinary climate adaptation research - do we know how to do it?" Adaptation
Frontiers: Conference on European Climate: Change Adaptation Research and Practice, CIRCLE-2
Adaptation Frontiers Conference March 12-13, 2014 Lisbon
http://new.livestream.com/livestreaming-pt/adaptation-frontiers
What to expect from IPCC WGII Report, Miljø Directorat Press Conference, 7 March 2014.
http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/no/Nyheter/Nyheter/2014/Februar-2014/Frokostseminar-
7-mars-Bli-kjent-med-IPCCs-neste-to-delrapporter/
Please contact me is you wish a full CV
Contact: asun.lera.st.clair@dnvgl.com ; @asunstclair