H.E. Amb. Anthony Agotha is a Dutch diplomat who is currently Ambassador at large/EU Special Envoy for Climate and Environment at the European External Action Service(EEAS). Previously he worked in the Cabinets of First/Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, as senior diplomatic adviser and contributed to the development of the European Green Deal. He joined the Netherlands Diplomatic Service in 1996 and held numerous diplomatic posts at HQ and in the EU focusing on European foreign and security policy, rule of law issues, EU enlargement, and crisis communication. He studied Public Administration & Political Science at the University of Twente (1995) and wrote his Masters’ thesis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC) as a visiting scholar on the Reagan Defense Budget. Tony Agotha is married with four children (and two (big) dogs). He loves baseball, reading, and music.

Session: 

• Climate in the crosshairs: Security, scarcity, and power in a warming world

• No defence readiness without climate readiness

Back to the full BCSC 2025 agenda
Back to the speaker overview