Robert Hornung (he/him) is an independent consultant who has worked to design and advocate for climate change solutions for more than 30 years. His current focus is on the policy, regulatory and market changes required to enable the decarbonization and expansion of efficient electricity production, transmission and use to support the objective of net-zero. Clients include industry associations, environmental non-profit organizations, research institutes, think tanks, and strategic advisory firms.

Robert worked for almost 20 years as an advocate for sustainable and accelerated renewable energy deployment in Canada, most recently providing a common voice for Canada’s wind and solar energy industries for the first time as the founding President and CEO of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association for 2.5 years. Prior to that, he was President of the Canadian Wind Energy Association for 17 years as Canada’s installed wind energy capacity grew from 300 MW to more than 13,000 MW.

Robert also spent 9 years with the Pembina Institute as Climate Change Program Director and Policy and Communications Director. He supported international climate change negotiations at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and worked on Canada’s first report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Environment Canada. With Friends of the Earth Canada, Robert was one of Canada’s first environmental advocates on the climate change issue.