Peter Newell is a specialist in the politics and political economy of environment and development. For more than 25 years he has conducted research, consultancy and advisory work on issues of the environment and development. This has included work on climate change, energy transitions, agricultural biotechnology, corporate accountability and trade policy working in several countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mexico and South Africa. In recent years, his research has mainly focused on the political economy of low carbon energy transitions. Besides working for academic institutions including the universities of Sussex, Oxford, Warwick and East Anglia, and FLACSO Argentina, he has undertaken commissioned research and policy work for the governments of the UK, India, Ireland, Sweden and Finland and for international organizations such as UNDP, GEF, UNCTAD, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. He has worked for NGOs such as Friends of the Earth and Climate Network Europe and together with groups such as Carbon Market Watch, Stand Earth, Practical Action, Transparency International, Care, Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, and the International Council on Human Rights Policy. He sat on the board of directors of Greenpeace UK and is a member of the advisory board of the Greenhouse think-tank.