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David Waskow

Climate Change

David Waskow manages climate change-related policy work for Oxfam America. His work is focused on advocating for investments in the abilities of poor communities on the front lines of climate change to cope with and build resilience to a changing climate. He also has broad expertise in international climate financing, and directs policy work on how emissions reductions can be done in socially appropriate ways and build synergies with resilience to climate impacts. He has participated in numerous international climate change negotiations meetings and conferences.

Prior to joining Oxfam, Waskow served as the international program director for Friends of the Earth, where he initiated that organization’s work on the impacts of climate on global poverty. He also oversaw the organization's work on trade policy and international financial institutions. In addition to his international experience, he has worked on domestic issues ranging from low-income housing to garment industry labor conditions.

He has testified before Congress on responses to climate change and on trade issues, and he is frequently a go-to source on climate change financing for the media, from The Washington Post to The New York Times.

He has graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; his undergraduate degree is from Brown University.