Aaron Cosbey
Senior Fellow
Aaron Cosbey is a development economist with over 30 years’ experience in the law and economics of sustainable development, particularly in the areas of trade, investment and climate change, with current work centering on climate change, green industrial policy, and the mining sector.
Next to being a Senior Fellow at ERCST, he is a Senior Associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a Senior Associate to the Inter-Governmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), Chair of the Commission on Carbon Competitiveness (Canada), a member of the WEF’s Subsidies and Industrial Policy Working Group, a member of the Steering Committee of the Remaking Global Trading System for a Sustainable Future (Yale) project, and a member of the International Advisory Network for the Forum on Trade, Environment and SDGs (Geneva). He serves on Global Affairs Canada’s Environmental Assessment Advisory Group. He has consulted to a wide variety of governments and institutions, including Agora Industry, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (now Global Affairs Canada), Centre for European Policy Studies, Centre for International Governance Innovation, CIDA, Commonwealth Secretariat, Environment Canada, European University Institute, Hinrich Foundation, IADB, International Trade Centre, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Canada’s National Round Table on Environment and Economy, New Zealand’s Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, OECD, Overseas Development Institute, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC and the World Bank.
