James Gustave Speth

James Gustave (Gus) Speth (born on March 4, 1942) is an American environmental lawyer and advocate who co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Early life and education

He was born in

From 1993 to 1999, he served as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; he served as special coordinator for economic and social affairs under Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, managed the United Nations Development Assistance Plan and also served as chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.^[3]

In 1999, he became the dean of the

In 2014 he published his memoir Angels by the River. In that year, he was also board member of the New Economy Coalition.^[6]

Speth currently serves on the advisory council of

Speth has been a leader or participant in many task forces and committees aimed at combating environmental degradation, including the President's Task Force on Global Resources and Environment; the Western Hemisphere Dialogue on Environment and Development; and the National Commission on the Environment.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Among his awards are the

• Globalization and the Environment (as an editor), Island Press (2003)
• Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment (2004)
• Global Environmental Governance, Island Press (2006)
• The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,
  ISBN 978-0-300-13611-1
• America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy,
  ISBN 978-0300180763
• Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril (chapter),
  ISBN 9781595340665
• Angels by the River, a memoir, Chelsea Green Publishing (2014)
• Imagine a Joyful Economy, with Peter Denton, Wood Lake Publishing Inc. (2020)
  ISBN 978-1-77343-161-1
• They Knew: The US Federal Government's Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis,
  ISBN 9780262542982

• Beyond Reform Our Planet Magazine PDF
• America the Possible: A Manifesto, From decline to rebirth link
• America the Possible: A Manifesto, A new politics for a new dream link

See also

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 1)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Gustave Speth.

Wikiquote has quotations related to James Gustave Speth.

• Angels by the River - book website
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• James Gustave Speth home page at the Wayback Machine (archived July 1, 2007) Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies profile, Archived July 1, 2007
• Greenery and Justice for All - Jan 9, 2015, Pacific Standard interview
• “Focus 580; Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of Global Environment,” 2004-06-29, WILL Illinois Public Media, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 5, 2021.

Government offices
Preceded by Charles Warren	Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality 1979–1981	Succeeded by Alan Hill
Positions in intergovernmental organisations
Preceded by William Henry Draper III	Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme 1993–1999	Succeeded by Mark Malloch Brown