Entrepreneur turned climate activist, Craig Cohon was born on June 5,1963 and is a London-based, Canadian businessman and the ambassador and founder of walk it back, a global environmental campaign fostering international dialogue on carbon dioxide removal.
12 Facts About Craig Cohon
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Craig Cohon moved with his parents and younger brother Mark to Toronto, Canada in 1968 where he attended Upper Canada College.
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Craig Cohon went on to study liberal arts at The University of Western Ontario where he graduated from the economics and music faculty.
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Craig Cohon developed an interest in media and worked at the campus radio station and started a TV station on campus.
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Craig Cohon led a 14-year executive-level career at The Coca-Cola Company, first starting their operations in Moscow in 1990, then running their marketing division throughout Northern Europe.
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Craig Cohon went on to become Coca-Cola's Brand Director world-wide and Europe's director of Learning Strategy.
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From 2000 to 2008, Craig Cohon created and ran an international development advisory firm, building up businesses in India and Africa.
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Craig Cohon was Managing Director and Executive Vice Chairman of Cirque du Soleil Russia from 2006 to 2016.
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In 2021, Craig Cohon became the first private citizen to undertake a personal lifetime carbon audit following COP26 and discovered he had caused 8,400 tons of carbon dioxide to be emitted into the atmosphere since his birth.
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Craig Cohon committed to pay back his carbon debt giving over USD $1 million of his pension to clean carbon removal projects and challenged himself to walk over 4,000 km across Europe to engage in a global discussion about carbon removal with decision-makers, environmental experts and regular citizens he would meet on the way.
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From 3 January to 5 June 2023, Craig Cohon, who is not a trained athlete, will walk 25 to 35km nearly every day through the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
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Craig Cohon has two children from a previous marriage.