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Jasper Zimmermann is a Canadian journalist of German heritage. He is the founder of PeaceQuest.org and initiator of a 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, which addressed 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? | '''Jasper Zimmermann''' is a Canadian journalist of German heritage. He is the founder of PeaceQuest.org and initiator of a 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, which addressed 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? | ||
Jasper 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. | Jasper 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. | ||
==Short bio== | ==Short bio== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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