保罗·博德纳尔在落基山研究所，在那里他负责在全球气候融资和美国地方政府气候行动研究所的方案董事总经理。

博德纳尔在奥巴马入主白宫担任特别助理总裁兼高级总监能源和气候变化的国家安全委员会。He was a key architect of the Obama Administration’s international climate policies, including the historic U.S.-China presidential joint climate announcement of November 2014, the OECD agreement to strictly limit public financing for coal-fired power plants, and the doubling of clean energy research and development budgets by 20 major countries through the Mission Innovation initiative. He played a principal role in formulating U.S. strategy for the Paris Climate Conference.