Mike Morecroft
Dr. Mike Morecroft is Principal Specialist for Climate Change at Natural England, the government conservation agency for England and a Coordinating Lead Author on ecosystems for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent (6th) Assessment (IPCC Working Group II). His work centres on developing the science of climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation and applying it to conservation policy and practice. He is currently leading a large science programme on Nature-based Solutions for climate change, working closely with a range of land managers. Mike has contributed to the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment and National Adaptation Programme on several occasions and is a member of the UK Government’s Trees and Woodlands Science Advisory Group. He has published over 160 scientific papers and reports and led a research group at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology before joining Natural England in 2009.