A.M. Halvorssen

Anita Margrethe Halvorssen is from Norway. She is an international lawyer, author, TEDx Speaker, and Director, Global Legal Solutions, LLC.

Halvorssen has focused on teaching law and writing on environmental issues, especially climate change. Her first law degree is from the University of Oslo, Norway. She has a Master of Laws and a Doctorate of the Science of Law from Columbia Law School, New York. Halvorssen taught International Law at the University of Colorado and Global Climate Change Law & Policy at University of Denver. In Norway, she was a Legal Advisor at the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment. Halvorssen is a member of the International Law and Sea Level Rise Committee of the International Law Association. She is also a member of the Authors Guild and the International Thriller Writers.

She is a certified Climate Reality Leader, and she is the contact person for the Norwegian Grandparents Climate Campaign (“Besteforeldrenes klimaaksjon”) in New York.