Corrado Clini

Degree in medicine at Parma University – Departments of Ecology and Occupational Health (1972)
Ph.D. in Occupational Health at Padua University (1975)
Ph.D. in Hygiene and Public Health at Ancona University (1986)

1975 – 1989        Director of the Department of Environmental Protection and Public Health, Venice-Porto    Marghera
1980 – 1983        Member of the Study Office Committee of the Ministry for the Health
1986 – 1987        Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Conference on Energy.
1987 – 1990        Head of the Study and Research Office of the Ministry for Environment.
                              Chairman of the European working group "Energy and Environment" for the elaboration of the   European Council decision on climate change strategies.

Since 1990          Director general of the Ministry for the Environment
Representative of the Italian Government to the United Nations Conventions and Protocols on the Protection of the Global Environment, to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to the 1992 World Summit on Environment and Development of Rio de Janeiro and to 1997 U.N. General Assembly Special Session “Rio + 5”, to the 1997 Kyoto COP of Climate Convention, to the G8 Environment Leaders Summits, to the EU Environment Council and Committees.
                              Head of the international cooperation programs for the protection of the environment, in the Mediterranean Region, Northern Africa, Middle East and Iraq, Central - Eastern Europe, China, Central and South America
                              Chairman of the national strategy for the sustainable development.
                              Chief Executive of the national programs on energy and environment, transport and environment, new technologies for energy saving and natural resources conservation.
1992 – 1998        Professor at the University of Parma, Environmental Sciences Department.
1996 – 1999        Vice Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Policies, Economic Commission for    Europe, United Nations Geneva.
Since 1998          Chairman of the task force of the Italian Government for the implementation of the Kyoto   Protocol.
1999 - 2001         Chairman of the European Environment and Health Committee, established by World Health   Organization and U.N. Economic Commission for Europe.
2000 – 2001        Chairman of the G8 Task Force Renewable Energy.
  Chairman of the G8 Environmental Futures Forum.
2001 - 2002         Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the International Alpine Convention.
                               Head of the Technical Italian Delegation World Summit on Sustainable Development    (Johannesburg 2002)
Since 2002           Co-Chair of the USA-Italy scientific cooperation program on climate change and low carbon   technologies
Since 2003           Vice Chair of the Hydrogen Economy International Partnership

Author of more than 80 articles and publications on italian and international scientific magazines and newspapers.

Editor, in co-operation with other authors, of seven monographs on the environmental and health risk assessment, on the climate change regional impacts and adaptation, on the technologies and market for renewable energies.