Joel Clement
Promoting climate action and investment
- Role
- Director, Climate Action at The Lemelson Foundation
- Location
- Wayne, ME, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joel Clement
Joel is an award-winning climate advocate and former senior federal executive with deep expertise in climate change policy, action, and investment. With a focus on innovation and collaboration, he has built and led two philanthropic climate programs, catalyzed domestic and international climate tech investment, and advised White House and Cabinet officials on climate strategy. He gained recognition as a climate whistleblower in the federal government and has testified to Congress on multiple occasions. As an early-career scientist, he developed novel research programs in temperate and tropical forests worldwide. Mr. Clement has received numerous honors for championing climate action and elevating the role of science in public policy. His commentary and analysis have appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Democracy Now, and his writing has been published in the Washington Post, The Hill, Denver Post, The Guardian, NBCThink, and the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.
Experience
Director, Climate Action
Mar 2023 — Present · Wayne, ME, US
Education
The Evergreen State College
MES, Forest Canopy Biology
1993 — 1995
University of Virginia
Bachelor’s Degree, History and Foreign Affairs
1984 — 1988
Skills
- Forest Ecology
- Arcgis
- Policy Analysis
- Forest Carbon
- Climate Change
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Sustainability
- Ecology
- Grant Writing
- Conservation Issues
- Philanthropy
- Environmental Policy
- Gis
- Endangered Species
- Fundraising
- Sustainable Development
- Environmental Issues
- Public Policy
- Natural Resource Management
- Research
- Science
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Education
- Capacity Building
- Policy
- Biodiversity
- Wildlife
- Grants
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