James Meadowcroft

James R. Meadowcroft (born 15 January 1954) is a Canadian sustainability scientist. He was a reader at the University of Sheffield, before returning to Canada, where held a Tier I Canada Research Chair for fourteen years at Carleton University.

Career Meadowcroft has served as chair of the Earth System Governance Project which has a team of two rotating co-chairs since 2019. He is also a member of its scientific steering committee.