John Parnell joined Solar Media in 2013 as deputy head of content. John spent three years in the UAE reporting on the Middle East technology, media and telecoms sectors for ITP Publishing and eventually editing his own B2B title with the company. He joined RTCC.org in London to cover international climate change and energy policy. He served two tours of duty at the annual UN climate change talks (Durban and Doha) and another at the UN’s Rio+20 sustainable development summit.