Tzeporah Berman

Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

Tzeporah has been designing environmental advocacy campaigns and environmental policy for over 30 years. She is currently the International Program Director at Stand.earth and the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty initiative. She is the Co-founder of the Global Gas & Oil Network, the former co-director of Greenpeace International's Climate and Energy Program, and the Co-founder of ForestEthics (now Stand.earth). She has also held appointed positions advising the British Columbia government on climate policy and was appointed by the Alberta Government to Co-Chair the Oil Sands Advisory Working Group tasked with making recommendations to implement climate change and cumulative impact policies in the oilsands. She is the author of This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge, is listed as one of the 35 Most Influential Women in British Columbia by BC Business Magazine, and was awarded the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in British Columbia. In 2013, Tzeporah was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia. In 2019, she received the Climate Breakthrough Project Award, and in 2021 she gave a widely-viewed TED Talk presenting the case for a global treaty to phase out fossil fuels.