Kennedy Graham

Kennedy Gollan Montrose Graham[1] (born 1946) is a New Zealand politician and former Member of Parliament for the Green Party.

He worked as secretary-general of Parliamentarians for Global Action in New York (1989–1994), where he developed the concept of the "planetary interest" for promotion in parliaments around the world.

From 1996 to 1998, Graham worked in Stockholm at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, holding the position of director of planning and coordination.

Graham was also a United Nations official working as a director at the UN University Leadership Academy (Amman, Jordan) from 1999 to 2002, and later as senior consultant in the Department of Political Affairs (2005–2006).

In June 2013, Graham organised a public one-day climate change conference which was held at the old Legislative Council chamber at Parliament.

As chairman of the national chapter, Graham contracted a London-based consultancy, Vivid Economics, to prepare a report on "transformational pathways to carbon neutrality for New Zealand".

The initiative is regarded as a major step forward in clarifying inter-party discourse and debate on New Zealand's national climate change policy.

[17] Graham and Clendon stated that their resignations were due to the public positions she had taken regarding her offending, and her subsequent refusal to step down from her leadership role.

Graham at the Cross-party Climate Change Vivid Report launch in Parliament in March 2017