Thurstan Wright is an independent climate, sustainability and international development consultant.

He is based in Norwich, UK, but has worked in Uganda, Tajikistan, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Austria.

He has a track record working within a variety of top tier academic, non-profit and corporate settings, including at the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, The Climate Group, IDEAcarbon, IMC Worldwide, CDP and SilviCarbon.

Thurstan features on the expert rosters of several organisations—including Hamerkop Climate Impacts, SNV, Climate Tactics and Cambridge Grove Consultants—and provides consultancy services across a broad range of fields, including:

i) Carbon Removals / Nature-based solutions / voluntary carbon market / carbon trading
ii) Climate change mitigation / low carbon development / carbon accounting
iii) International development M&E (especially with a climate focus)
iv) Sustainability / CSR / ESG / Science based targets

Clients include:

• Antea Group

• SilviCarbon

• Varo Energy

• Paracel

• Sophoi

• World Green Building Council

• Good Management Group

• UK Government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Department

• Bill Gates Breakthrough Energy

• NIRAS

• Children's Investment Fund Foundation

• UK Government Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

• PwC

• World Bank

• Behaviour Change

• Climate Bonds Initiative

• Former UK Government Departments of International Development (DFID) and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

• Green Swan Lab

• Leading food and beverage, retail, forestry, software and property companies (confidential clients)

• A climate and blockchain firm (confidential client)

• A multinational private equity group (confidential client)

  Download Thurstan’s CV here.