Jane Burston is Clean Air Fund’s founding Executive Director. The Clean Air Fund is a philanthropic organisation dedicated to creating a future where everyone breathes clean air. It grants ~$20m/year to air pollution reduction activity on behalf of a collaboration of philanthropic donors from health, climate, children's development and sustainable mobility.
Previously Jane was Head of Climate and Energy Science in the UK Government, where she was responsible for the UK greenhouse gas inventory and a £45m science programme. Prior to that she led a team of 150 scientists working on Energy and Environment at the National Physical Laboratory.
Jane was featured by WIRED as one of their changemakers of tomorrow and is a WEF Young Global Leader and a social entrepreneur of the year in the UK. She is a regular commentator and a trustee of Parkinson’s UK.
Every so often, an issue comes to the fore that appeals to both head and heart. People care about it and want it to happen, but it’s not just a moral or emotional case; it makes business ...
新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大によるロックダウン措置が、世界中の都市で空気の質に影響を与えたというニュースは、この数か月ですっかりお馴染みになりました。
One of the features of recent months to which we’ve all grown accustomed is daily news stories about the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on air quality in cities around the world.
As the coronavirus pandemic impacts millions across the world and brings economies to a grinding halt, there is a lot of talk about how emissions from fossil fuel combustion have dropped ...
The announcements from the UN's Climate Action Summit shared one distinct feature - each thematic focus included a private sector CEO that accepted the challenge to act on climate and air...
I have spent almost my entire working life in climate science and policy, social enterprise, government, and now philanthropy. Over time, I have seen public communication as increasingly ...
From the way we power and heat our homes to the fuel we use in our vehicles, the energy sources on which we depend release harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The energy sector has probably undergone more rapid change in the last ten years than in the previous fifty. In a matter of a decade, shale gas production in the US increased by more than...
With the Paris climate change negotiations underway, nations from all around the world are pledging greenhouse gas emissions cuts. The European Union has announced its goal of cutting emi...
