About the Authors

Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

Michael Margolick, Ph.D.
Global Change Strategies International, Inc.

Dr. Margolick is one of Canada's leading experts in energy planning and in the economics and policy development of climate change. He was a Research Associate in the Program in Natural Resource Economics and the Senior Scientist of the Forest Economics and Policy Analysis Project, both at the University of BC. He has also worked for the Corporate Strategic Planning Unit at BC Hydro and was the Executive Director of the British Columbia Energy Council. Related expertise includes research and program evaluation, and public/stakeholder consultation. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.

Douglas J. Russell
Global Change Strategies International, Inc.

Mr. Russell is President of GCSI - Global Change Strategies International Inc., a Canadian firm dedicated to working with progressive corporate and public sector organizations to anticipate and respond to the challenges and opportunities of global change. Mr. Russell is responsible for the overall management and operation of GCSI. Prior to moving to the private sector, Mr. Russell was a senior executive in the Canadian government where he managed the development of Canada's National Action Program on Climate Change, and co-headed the Canadian delegation to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. He was the chief negotiator for Canada for the Berlin Mandate approved in April 1995 at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties, and he chaired the international work of the OECD and IEA to define the reporting guidelines for Annex I countries under the Framework Convention. His professional experience includes complex international negotiations, federal-provincial and business- government relations, development of strategic plans, financial and personnel management, and management of organizations during periods of change.