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Cameron Diver

Vice President Conservation Programs

A dual citizen of New Zealand and France, Cameron joined Island Conservation as Vice President, Conservation Programs, on 1 July 2024. He has extensive experience in international relations, cooperation and sustainable development having led delegations, developed and implemented programmes and partnerships and participated in numerous international conferences, negotiations, meetings and workshops, particularly in the fields of oceans, climate, biodiversity and resilient development in island environments.

Cameron holds bachelor’s degrees in law and arts from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), a Master of public law and a Master of Advanced Studies in international relations from the University of New Caledonia and is currently completing a PhD on climate litigation and climate justice at the University of Paris-Saclay (France). He is a member of the IUCN Climate Crisis Commission and World Commission on Environmental Law, the Special Envoy for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with the ‘Towards IPOS initiative’ for an International Panel for Ocean Sustainability and an auditor of France’s Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN).

Among his previous roles, for almost a decade Cameron was Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific Islands region’s largest and oldest intergovernmental organisation. Throughout his career, Cameron has worked closely with and alongside Heads of State and Government, Ministers and senior representatives from a wide range of countries, international organisations, the private sector and civil society around the globe. He has also taught international environmental law and governance at the University of New Caledonia and the National University of Vanuatu and been a guest lecturer on climate justice at Kadir Has University (Turkey) and foreign policy (University of Otago). Cameron has made multiple keynote addresses and publishes articles regularly on issues relating to the environment, climate change, oceans and sustainable development in a wide variety of international and domestic fora.

Outside of work, Cameron enjoys fly fishing, skiing, racquet sports (squash, padel, tennis), reading and spending quality time with family and friends.