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Christoph Schwarte is a lawyer at the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) - a subsidiary of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) where he leads the organisation's work on sustainable development and ocean governance.

FIELD aims to contribute to the development of a fair, effective and accessible system of international law that protects the global environment and promotes sustainable development. Based in London it is staffed by international environmental lawyers with experience in government, international organisations, environmental campaigning, corporate legal practice and academia.

Christoph previously served with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for six years and is a founding member and trustee of the UK based environmental justice organisation Capacity Global.