Anthony (Tony) 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). He leads the EU climate ambassadors’ network and works inter alia on integrating the climate-security-defence nexus in EU policy. Previously he worked in the cabinets of First/Executive Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans as communication adviser and senior diplomatic adviser, respectively. He has served the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Headquarters (The Hague), in Ljubljana, and in Brussels. 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. Tony Agotha is married with four children and two dogs. He is a lifelong Red Sox fan.
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