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a final amendment to do so before parties meet in Kigali , Rwanda , later this year . But while countries coalesced around a narrower set of options on a few key issues , the negotiations did not produce the draft text for which many had hoped .
Advocates who attended the talks blamed India for seeking an amendment that would give poor countries 15 years to stop growing HFCs , despite the fact that they are expected to contribute most of the superpollutant ’ s growth .
Power with Purpose : don ’ t lose sight of these five women
Fearless , driven and strong , our five Power with Purpose honorees show how great leadership can produce real change .
Christiana Figueres , Eleni Gabre-Madhin , Kristalina Georgieva , Fayeeza Naqvi and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are tackling some of the world ’ s greatest challenges without hesitation and are a well needed source of inspiration in an increasingly unstable world .
If you haven ’ t yet discovered their personal motivations and life stories , make sure to learn more about their hard work as climate champions , social entrepreneurs , global humanitarians , philanthropists and economists .
The economist with the EU budget in her hands
Kristalina Georgieva knows that it takes great leadership to produce real change . Now in charge of the EU budget , she ’ s the one ensuring that the budget is invested in ways that create the highest possible impact . She ’ s Kristalina Georgieva also working towards an impressive milestone : to make sure that women represent 40 percent of the Commission ’ s senior and middle management by the end of 2019 . Most would need a lifetime to achieve a fraction of what
Kristalina Georgieva has done . After her top position at the World Bank she moved on to head the EU ’ s humanitarian agency where she delivered assistance to over 500 million individuals affected by conflict and disaster . To her , it ’ s about the “ responsibility to do the right thing .”
Quentin Grafton
R . Quentin Grafton , FASSA , is Professor of Economics , ANU Public Policy Fellow , Fellow of the Asia and the Pacific Policy Society and Director of the Centre for Water Economics , Environment and Policy ( CWEEP ) at the Crawford School Professor Quentin Grafton of Public Policy at the Australian National University .
In April 2010 he was appointed the Chairholder , the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance and between August 2013 and July 2014 served as Executive Director at the Australian National Institute of Public Policy ( ANIPP ). He currently serves as the Director of the Food , Energy , Environment and Water Network . He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including and most recently the National Water Commission Professor Peter Cullen Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation ( 2011 ), the Vice-Chancellors ’ Award for Education , Excellence in Supervision and the ANU Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning ( 2011 ).
Previously he was Chief Economist and Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics ( 2011-2013 ), Senior Fellow at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies ( 2001- 2004 ) at the ANU , Director of the Institute of the Environment ( 1999-2001 ) at the University of Ottawa , Canada .
A PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia in 1992 , and holds an MS degree from Iowa State University and an undergraduate degree from Massey University in agricultural economics . He has served as Editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics and currently serves on the editorial boards of several journals . He is presently an Editor for the journal Asia and Pacific Policy Studies and Editor in Chief of Policy Forum . net . He is the founder and Executive Editor of the Global Water Forum .
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