Charles Chester

Lecturer in Environmental Studies

Departments/Programs

Environmental Studies

Degrees

Tufts University, Ph.D.
Tufts University, M.A.
Tufts University, MALD
Brown University, B.A.

Expertise

International Environmental Policy
Transborder conservation

Profile

Charles C. Chester teaches global environmental politics at Brandeis University and at the Fletcher School of Tufts University, where he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Environmental Policy. He manages the website International Environmental Information (ieinfo.net), and serves on the board of Bat Conservation International and has served on the boards of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Root Capital and the New England Society for Conservation Biology. He authored Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World (Island Press 2006) and was co-editor of Conservation & Climate Change: Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning and Action (Island Press 2012). He previously consulted for the Union of Concerned scientists and the Henry P. Kendall Foundation. 

Courses Taught

ENVS	2a	Fundamentals of Environmental Challenges
ENVS	18b	International Environmental Conflict and Collaboration
ENVS	39b	Climate Change: Causes, Impacts, Responses and Solutions
ENVS	107b	Atmospheric Civics & Diplomacy: World Politics of Air Pollution, Ozone Depletion, and Climate Change