Team Profile
Martijn Wilder
Martijn Wilder AM is a Founding Partner of Pollination. He is a specialist in climate change law and policy, climate and conservation finance and climate change projects and investments. He is Chair of the Baker & McKenzie Law for Development Initiative, former head of Baker McKenzie’s Global Climate Change team. Martijn’s other roles include Honorary Professor of Climate Change Law at the Australian National University, Chair of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), President of WWF (Australia) and a Director of the Climate Council. He holds advisory roles as Chair of the NSW Climate Change Council, a Governing Board Member of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and as a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. He has written widely especially on climate change law, environmental law and Antarctica. In June 2018 Martijn was awarded the Financial Times, Legal Innovator of the Year Award. In 2012, Martijn was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition for “service to environmental law, particularly in the area of climate change through contributions to the development of law, global regulation, public policy and the promotion of public debate, and to the community”. Mr Wilder holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Sydney, LLB Honours from the Australian National University, LLM from the University of Cambridge and has studied at the Hague Academy Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations. He is also a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.