Barbara Finamore

San Francisco

Natural Resources Defense Council
Hong Kong

BARBARA A. FINAMORE is a Senior Attorney and Asia Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Ms. Finamore founded NRDC’s China Program, which promotes innovative policy development, capacity building and market transformation in China with a focus on climate, clean energy, environmental protection and urban solutions. Ms. Finamore has had over thirty years of experience in environmental law and energy policy, with a focus on China for the past two decades. Ms. Finamore served as President and Chair of the Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE), and is the co-founder and President of the China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance, a nonprofit organization and public-private partnership that works with China to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. She holds a J.D. degree with honors from Harvard Law School.