Dr. Tzeporah Berman BA, MES, LLD (honoris causa) has been designing climate justice and environmental advocacy campaigns and advising governments for over 30 years. She is the Cofounder and International Program Director at Stand.earth and the Chair and Founder of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. Tzeporah publishes and speaks widely on fossil fuels and climate change. She has also held positions advising the British Columbia government and in Alberta Co-Chairing the Oil Sands Advisory Working Group tasked with making recommendations to implement climate change policy in the oil sands. Dr. Berman holds an honorary doctorate of law from the University of British Columbia and was an adjunct professor at York University for 5 years. In 2019, she was awarded the Climate Breakthrough Award of $2 million dollars to develop a bold new global climate strategy. In 2021, she gave a widely viewed TED Talk presenting the case for a global treaty to phase out fossil fuels. In 2024, she was named among TIME’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders.
