Chair and Ex officio Defra board member
Emma Howard Boyd
Biography
Emma Howard Boyd is Chair of the Environment Agency, an Ex officio board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and interim Chair of the Green Finance Institute.
She is also an Adviser to the Board of Trade, and a UN Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience ahead of COP26.
Emma serves on several boards and advisory committees which include:
- The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (co-Chair)
- The European Climate Foundation
- The Council for Sustainable Business
- The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project
- Menhaden PLC
Emma was the UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation from 2018 until January 2021.
Chair
The Chair of the Environment Agency is responsible for leading the organisation and making sure that it fulfils all of its goals.
Announcements
Subscriptions
- 2022: The Year of Climate Adaptation
- Managing the climate crisis and pensions
- The role of women in managing climate change
- Water Security in a Changing Environment
- The crucial role of nature-based solutions in addressing the climate crisis
- Deadline Net Zero
- United States and United Kingdom: united in creating green jobs
- Tackling gender inequality is crucial for climate adaptation
- The Green Industrial Revolution needs Green Industrial Regulation
- Climate Chaos: “it’s not part of the project brief”