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Neil Salmond

Neil Salmond is a policy analyst in the Low Carbon Economy team at ISIS. Since moving to Vancouver in April 2010 Neil has worked on projects covering Metro Vancouver waste management, cement plant emissions, district energy systems, building energy use, provincial climate policy and international cleantech investment opportunities. He holds an in MSc Environmental Technology and Energy Policy from Imperial College London and is a CFA Charterholder, having spent four years working in the financial markets in London. Neil wants to bridge the worlds of finance, technology and policy to help North America stop burning fossil fuels as soon as possible.

A non-stop networker, if you haven’t met Neil yet then you probably know someone who has! (And we should definitely grab a coffee some time…)

Details

Title
Research Analyst
Program
Climate Intelligence Program
Best Thing About Living in Vancouver
Summers on the beach.
Social / Environmental issue that deserves attention
Mandatory helmet laws discourage normalcy in cycling, to the detriment of population health and city livability.
Research Interests
Policies to encourage the provision of energy services without carbon-dioxide emissions. 21st century urban infrastructure, particularly transport.