Amanda Maxwell
Sector Lead, Global, International
Amanda Maxwell oversees NRDC’s environmental and climate strategies in specific, key countries: China, India, and Canada. She also manages NRDC’s engagements in global forums, treaties, and projects that touch down in multiple countries. Prior to this role, Maxwell was the Latin America Project Director in NRDC, and her work focused on promoting clean energy, fostering solutions for water access in vulnerable communities, cleaning up dirty fuels, and protecting wildlife and wildlands throughout Latin America. She received her master's in international politics and economics from Charles University in Prague and her bachelor's degree in history and Spanish from Middlebury College. Maxwell also studied at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She is based in NRDC's Washington, D.C. office.
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NRDC at COP28: Taking Stock of Global Progress
Expert BlogInternationalAmanda Maxwell
The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), held in Dubai from November 30 through December 12, is a critical moment for global action to fight climate change.
Global Climate and Biodiversity Priorities to Close 2022
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Jobs and Skilling: Training for the Clean Energy Transition
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Job creation, skill development, clean energy expansion, and economic development are top priorities—globally, for the government of India, as well as for most of India's provincial governments.
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NRDC Experts and Events at COP27
OverviewInternational, Canada, India, United StatesManish Bapna, Amanda Maxwell, Brendan Guy, Carolina Herrera, Joe Thwaites, Shruti Shukla, Sameer Kwatra, Anthony Swift, Khalil Shahyd, Lisa Speer, Jennifer Skene, Nan Zeng, Jake Schmidt, Douglass Sims, Marissa Ramirez, Prima Madan
Analysis and events focusing on the concrete steps we need to cut global emissions in half in this decisive decade, and to adapt to the mounting climate change impacts we can no longer avoid.
Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America
ReportChileAmanda Maxwell, James Blair
Many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium. Lithium may play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but a climate-friendly future cannot come at the expense of destroying…
Water Webinars 2020: Sharing Experiences Across the Americas
OverviewChile, Mexico, United States, CaliforniaAmanda Maxwell, Ed Osann, Tracy Quinn, Corinne Bell, Becky Hammer, Claire O'Connor, Joan Leary Matthews
NRDC and local partners are organizing a series of webinars about ensuring that more people and ecosystems are able to access clean water.