Emma Howard Boyd
Biography
Emma Howard Boyd was 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 from January 2016 to September 2022.
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.
Previous roles in government
- Ex officio Defra board member
- Chair
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Return to the unfrozen moment
- Finance, resilience, net zero and nature
- Working together to prepare for climate shocks
- Farming and the Environment Agency
- 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