Adam Met

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Development, and Human Rights

The interests of Adam Met PhD bridge music, sustainability, law, academia, policy, marketing, and technology. As the bassist for AJR, he has traveled the world on sold-out tours, achieved platinum certifications in numerous countries, and recorded a repertoire of music that has garnered more than 8 billion streams worldwide. In the 2022 touring season, Adam played live in front of over 1 Million fans. As the founder and Executive Director of Planet Reimagined, he leads a nonprofit that trains the climate leaders of the future through customized fellowships that teach researchers and advocates to work together for measurable impact and use the power of media and entertainment to reach over 100 million people per year.

A graduate of Columbia University, Adam received a dual degree in business and philosophy. He also holds a Master’s from New York University in constitutional religious law and holds a PhD in international human rights law, advocating for a reconciling of tensions between sustainable development and human rights obligations. Adam’s work with the UN Development Programme as a Development Advocate fosters awareness on social media and beyond of sustainability, rights violations and solutions. In Washington DC, Adam has worked closely with the EPA, The Department of Energy, and The White House on innovative renewable energy policy, and with a bipartisan coalition in Congress to help pass the Inflation Reduction Act. He has brought his interdisciplinary perspective to his writing for publications including TIME, Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine, Fortune, Mashable, and Quartz, and he is the host of the podcast "Planet Reimagined."

Education

• PhD in International Human Rights Law and Sustainable Development, University of Birmingham
• MA in Constitutional Religious Law, New York University
• BA in Business and Philosophy, Columbia University

Honors & Awards

• Billboard Music Award, Best Rock Song 2021
• 8X Platinum Records
• NYU's Graduate Interdisciplinary Excellent Award