Biography
Robert Tanner is a lifelong New York resident and climate change leader whose work on climate change solutions and action began in 2009.
As the co-founder and executive director of Climate Nexus, Bob’s work transformed the climate discourse in the U.S. He pioneered a non-partisan, collaborative approach to strategic climate communications with climate as “the client,” helping spur mass market acceptance of climate science and unprecedented policy shifts. Through his leadership and fundraising work, Climate Nexus led numerous creative communications campaigns centering the urgency and immediacy of climate science, climate justice, impacts and solutions.
Prior to Climate Nexus, Bob served as Senior Investigator on the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, working on climate cap-and-trade legislation as well as water pollution, the Fukushima disaster and toxics. During two decades as a top reporter and editor at the Associated Press, Bob led the organization’s coverage of politics, disasters, and criminal justice and launched an investigative team.
Bob has taught Social Ethics at NYU Stern School of Business. He received a BA from Johns Hopkins University.