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
  • 2016 to 2022
• Chair
  • 2016 to 2022

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• Return to the unfrozen moment
  • 13 July 2022
  • Speech
• Finance, resilience, net zero and nature
  • 04 July 2022
  • Speech
• Working together to prepare for climate shocks
  • 08 June 2022
  • Speech
• Farming and the Environment Agency
  • 23 February 2022
  • Speech
• 2022: The Year of Climate Adaptation
  • 19 January 2022
  • Speech
• Managing the climate crisis and pensions
  • 02 December 2021
  • Speech
• The role of women in managing climate change
  • 22 October 2021
  • Speech
• Water Security in a Changing Environment
  • 30 June 2021
  • Speech
• The crucial role of nature-based solutions in addressing the climate crisis
  • 18 May 2021
  • Speech
• Deadline Net Zero
  • 13 May 2021
  • Speech

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