Jasper Zimmermann

Jasper Zimmermann Degree(s) BSc in applied maths and physics MRM Masters in Resource and Environmental Management Field(s) of Study International Peace and Conflict, Political Science, Education, Technology. University(ies) University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Oxford Specialization(s) Conflict prevention and resolution, sustainable and regenerative economic development, green finance, journalism

Jasper Zimmermann is a Canadian journalist of German heritage who is the founder of PeaceQuest.org and initiator of the drive to set up regional Peace Projects Incubators, beginning with a Middle East Peace Projects Incubator (MEPPI) based in Nicosia, Cyprus. He previously worked as a business journalist with Deutsche Welle Online, with a special interest in sustainable business models and finance mechanisms. Before that, he led a research project in the domain of science-led climate policy development, at the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute, addressing the question: What level of global average surface air temperature warming would lead to 'dangerous' climate change, in terms of the impacts on each of several major Earth systems? He hopes to help contribute to a public policy discourse that proposes re-focusing the efforts of governments away from funding and preparing for military conflict, and toward providing genuine human security by implementing the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Jasper Zimmermann is founder of Operation PeaceQuest and the initiator of the Middle East Peace Projects Incubator (MEPPI). MEPPI has been co-founded with Yiannis Laouris, Harry Anastasiou, and several others, with the participation of the Future Worlds Center, and with support from Center for the Future and from the Horasis organisation.

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