Julian Knight is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of climate change

Climate change

Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...

 campaign Global Cool

Global Cool

Global Cool is a green lifestyle campaign run by the Global Cool Foundation, a registered climate change charity in the United Kingdom. Global Cool works with celebrities and the media and entertainment industries to promote green behaviours such as using public transport and taking flight-free...

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Julian joined Global Cool in October 2006 from Man Group

Man Group

Man Group plc is a British alternative investment management business. It provides a range of funds for institutional and private investors globally. The company manages about US$68 billion and employs around 1,700 people in 15 locations worldwide.Man’s headquarters are at Riverbank House...

, the world's largest alternative investment manager and financial broker. During his tenure at Man, Julian was in charge of Global Product Marketing for Man Financial, and proved influential in building the organisation's Carbon Emissions Trading Programme, becoming the key adviser to the British Parliament and MEPs on global Emissions Trading

Emissions trading

Emissions trading is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants....

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