Jeremy Tamanini

Jeremy Tamanini is the founder at Dual Citizen LLC, a Washington, DC - based consultancy. Dual Citizen works with governments, international organizations and private firms on leveraging data analytics and strategic communications to advance their growth and development agendas.

To support this work, Dual Citizen produces two analytic products. The first is the Global Green Economy Index™ (GGEI), a biennial assessment of how 80 countries and 50 cities perform in the global green economy, as well as how expert practitioners judge this performance. The 5th edition references 32 underlying indicators across the four main dimensions of leadership & climate change, efficiency sectors, markets & investment and the environment. The second (in partnership with KnowlEdge srl) is a systems analysis of the largest national carbon emitters and how their energy markets, investment and employment patterns will evolve as they progress towards emission reduction targets defined at the recent COP21 in Paris. More information on this work can be accessed here, including links to country profiles for the United States and China.

Jeremy started his career in the private sector at an Internet start-up and then as Director of Marketing at Armani Group.  His passion for global policy and development issues led to a Fulbright fellowship in the United Arab Emirates. His research there explored the interaction of place branding and economic development in Dubai through engaging with local government officials, while based in Dubai Media City. Jeremy founded Dual Citizen in 2010 with a vision for applying the tools and tactics gained from his private sector experience to global issues, with particular focus on green economy and sustainable development. He has worked with international organizations including the World Bank and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI); government agencies in the United States (U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development); academic institutions (Yale University); and national governments (Azerbaijan, China, Denmark, Italy, South Korea, United Arab Emirates). His paper Do National Green Reputations Matter?  The Global Green Economy Index and Implications for Stakeholders in the Green Economy was published in the International Place Branding Yearbook (Palgrave Macmillian) here.  His 2013 white paper Communications and Green Economic Growth can be found here.

Jeremy is a graduate with distinction from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service with a Master’s degree in Foreign Policy and an Honor's certificate in International Business Diplomacy. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies and Economics from Columbia University.