Background
Benedick, Richard Elliot was born on May 10, 1935 in New York City. Son of Lester and Jean (Shamski) Benedick.
( Hailed in the Foreign Service Journal as "a landmark bo...)
Hailed in the Foreign Service Journal as "a landmark book that should command the attention of every serious student of American diplomacy, international environmental issues, or the art of negotiation," and cited in Nature for its "worthwhile insights on the harnessing of science and diplomacy," the first edition of Ozone Diplomacy offered an insider's view of the politics, economics, science, and diplomacy involved in creating the precedent-setting treaty to protect the Earth: the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. The first edition ended with a discussion of the revisions to the protocol in 1990 and offered lessons for global diplomacy regarding the then just-maturing climate change issue. Now Richard Benedick--a principal architect and the chief U.S. negotiator of the historic treaty--expands the ozone story, bringing us to the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol. He describes subsequent negotiations to deal with unexpected major scientific discoveries and important amendments adding new chemicals and accelerating the phaseout schedules. Implementing the revised treaty has forced the protocol's signatories to confront complex economic and political problems, including North-South financial and technology transfer issues, black markets for banned CFCs, revisionism, and industry's willingness and ability to develop new technologies and innovative substitutes. In his final chapter Benedick offers a new analysis applying the lessons of the ozone experience to ongoing climate change negotiations. Ozone Diplomacy has frequently been cited as the definitive book on the most successful environment treaty, and is essential reading for those concerned about the future of our planet.
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Benedick, Richard Elliot was born on May 10, 1935 in New York City. Son of Lester and Jean (Shamski) Benedick.
AB summa cum laude, Columbia University, 1955. Master of Arts with honors, Yale University, 1956. Doctor of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1962.
Doctor of Science (honorary), North Carolina State University, 2004.
Program economist Agency for International Development United States Department State, Washington, 1958, Tehran, Iran, 1959-1961, Karachi, Pakistan, 1962-1964. Economist Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1964-1966. 1st secretary American Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1966-1971.
Director Office Development Finance, Washington, 1971-1975. Counselor for economic and commercial affairs American Embassy, Athens, Greece, 1975-1977. Member senior seminar Department State, Washington, 1977-1978.
Coordinator population affairs with rank ambassador United States Department State, 1979-1984, deputy assistant secretary for environmental, health and natural resources, 1984-1987. Senior fellow World Wildlife Fund, 1987-1998. Deputy director Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, since 1998.
Senior advisory Battelle/Joint Global Change Research Institute/U. Maryland, since 2001. Special advisor to secretary general United Nations Conference on Environmental and Development, 1990-1992, International Conference on Population and Development, 1993-1994. President National Council for Science and Environmental, since 1994.
Visiting professor Academy International l'Environnement, Geneva, 1992-1996. Lecturer in field; head United States delegate to conferences. Chief United States negotiator Montreal Protocol on protection of ozone layer, 1985-1987.
Board directors Population Resource Center, Pacific Institute, Environmental and Energy Study Institute Climate Response Forum. International advisory board Battelle, 1994-1997, Environmental Technology Center, Berlin, 1996, Climate Policy Center, since 2002. Vice president Organization of European Cooperation and Development Environmental Committee, 1984-1987.
Vice president Transboundary Air Pollution Convention, Economic Commission for Europe, 1985-1987. Visiting fellow National Center Atmospheric Research, 1988-1989, Ostwestwirtschafts Akademie, Berlin, 1991-1996, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, since 1995. Faculty Foreign Service Institute, United States Department State, since 1999.
Member National Academies Committee Global Change Assessments, 2005-2007. Consultant in field.
( Hailed in the Foreign Service Journal as "a landmark bo...)
Fellow World Academy of Art and Science (elected 1991), American Academy Diplomacy (elected 2002). Member Toenissteiner Kreis (Germany), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Hildegard K.G. Schulz, June 1, 1957 (divorced). Children: Andreas Peter Anselm, Julianna Valeska. Married Helen Ruth Freeman, September 10, 1983 (divorced).