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How can nature adapt to climate change?

In A sustainable future
2 Feb 2022 14:30
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On this episode of The Nest, Kathryn Brown, Director at Climate Action at Wildlife Trusts joined Andrew Sissons, Deputy Director of our Sustainable Future Mission, on The Nest to discuss how we prepare nature for the effects of climate change.

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Deputy Director, sustainable future mission
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Kathryn Brown

Kathryn (she/her) has worked for the past 20 years in a range of policy and evidence roles on climate change. She is currently the Director for Climate Action at the Wildlife Trusts. Previously, Kathryn was Head of Adaptation at the Climate Change Committee (CCC) where she directed the production of the UK’s Independent Assessment of Climate Risk (CCRA3) and the CCC’s analysis of progress in adapting to climate change in England. Prior to 2012, she worked for ten years at Defra in a range of roles on mitigation and adaptation, including as a lead negotiator for the EU.

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