Nuttawut Teachatanawat
Breathe Cities Lead - Thailand
Nuttawut Teachatanawat is a dedicated and experienced human rights lawyer and international development practitioner with more than 14 years of professional experience in the fields of governance strengthening, public health polices, environmental justice and inclusive development in Thailand and other countries in South, Southeast and East Asia. Throughout his career, he has provided targeted technical assistance to a wide range of governmental bodies at local, national and regional levels in implementing rights-based and inclusive policies and legal frameworks, in line with international human rights standards and best practices. A significant component of his works is concerned with the design and implementation of large and complex flagship programmes that help shaped public policies, legal development and institutional practices.
He has been instrumental in community-led and community-owned initiatives including pioneering Key-Population Led Health Services model at scale that has shifted and strengthened the community leader role of key affected populations for advocacy through research capacity strengthening.
Prior to joining CAF, he served as consultant at Clooney Foundation for Justice. In parallel, he served as Volunteer Legal Analyst at Move Forward Party and Clean Air Act Working Group, providing technical assistance on legislative drafting and legal research on matters related to transboundary air pollution as well as human rights and environmental due diligence. He holds D.S.U. in Administrative Law from University of Paris II, Panthéon Assas and LL.B. with specialization in Public Law from Chulalongkorn University. He is also trained in International and European Environmental Law.
Why Nuttawut works for Clean Air Fund:
The nexus between air pollution, environmental health and climate change has always fascinated me, as a human rights lawyer, given that environmental justice lies at the very core of these interlinked and critical issues. I strongly believe that Breathe Cities Initiative has tremendous potential in tacking air quality through an integrated and systematic approach; while strengthening environmental governance at the city level to be more inclusive, accountable and sustainable.