Strategic Communications Director for Earth Day 2020, Former Director of Communications and Spokesperson for UN climate change and UN Environment
Nick Nuttall has over 40 years of experience in communicating climate and environmental issues. He was the Director of Communications and the Spokesperson for the 2015 Paris Agreement and spearheaded communications and outreach for UN Environment from 2001 to 2013. Before that, Nick was an award-winning journalist with The Times newspaper in London.
Throughout his career, and in his personal life, art and culture have been significant companions. In the United Nations, he led several communications initiatives involving artists, including A Song for Paris featuring young musicians. Nick has supported the Save the World Festival, which brings together international artists from various disciplines with scientists and experts on sustainable development, and he recently served as an advisor to the play Tornado.
As Director of Communications for the Global Climate Action Summit in California in 2018, Nick promoted artistic and cultural engagement. Earth Day, which in 2020 marked its 50th anniversary, actively engages artists under its Artists for the Earth initiative.
In his private life, Nick has performed with the Bonn Players and the Bonn University Shakespeare Company. He is the lead singer and guitarist with the band Sleepers Den and a backing singer for the German artist Bernadette La Hengst. His other passions include tennis and his childhood English football team, Burnley.
