About us

Kerry holds an MA in communication design from Falmouth University where she focused on ethical and environmental-based projects. She has previous experience of working in traditional graphic design, interactive displays and exhibition curation with private and non-profit sectors.

Orla has a BA in journalism from Dublin City University. She previously reported and wrote a climate newsletter for Irish news website The Journal. She has also worked at Virgin Media Television, Dublin People and the Irish Farmers Journal. Orla specialises in reporting on food, land and nature.

Solomon holds an MA in journalism and communication from the Renmin University of China and a BA in mass communication from the University of Benin. He has worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as the BBC and China Dialogue. He was previously the social media editor at Channels Television in Lagos.

Josh holds a BSc in zoology from the University of Bristol. He previously worked as science correspondent at The Independent and prior to that was a freelance journalist for a variety of scientific publications including New Scientist and BBC Earth.

Joe holds an MA in interactive journalism from City, University of London and a BA in archaeology from the University of Cambridge. He has previously reported for the Guardian, Vice, Dazed, Land Magazine and the Ecologist.

Zeke has masters degrees in environmental science from Yale University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a PhD in climate science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has spent the past 10 years working as a data scientist and entrepreneur in the cleantech sector.

Ellie-Mai previously worked in facilities management within the social care sector, attaining four years of administrative experience and distinctions in level 3 business administration.

Cecilia holds a BA in English literature from the University of Bristol and a journalism diploma from Concordia University in Montreal. She was previously features editor at BusinessGreen. She also reported on clean energy and environment for Canada’s National Observer.

Robert holds an MEng in mechanical engineering from the University of Warwick and an MSc in climate change from the University of East Anglia. He previously spent eight years working on climate change projects at the consultancy firm Atkins.

Ho Woo holds an MSc in applied data science with renewable energy from the University of Exeter. He is a qualified actuary and previously spent 10 years in the insurance sector helping insurers manage their financial risk using data analysis and statistical modelling.

With a background in software engineering and web development, Tom has more than 20 years experience working to present complex data in a clear and accessible manner. He has designed and produced award-winning data driven graphics for BBC News, Financial Times, Condé Nast, Natural History Museum and Economist Group, among others.

Roz was previously our science editor and deputy editor from 2012-2017, with a stint at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Climate Outreach in between. As well as editing support, she manages our in-house practices, policies and team well-being. She has a PhD in oceanography from the University of Southampton.

Giuliana has a PhD in environmental science, specialising in oceanography, from Caltech. They previously worked at Nature and Chemical & Engineering News and freelanced for a variety of publications. Giuliana joined Carbon Brief as a food-systems journalist in May 2021 and became the section editor for food, land and nature in September 2022. They became associate editor, with responsibility for the Cropped newsletter, in January 2026.

Davies is a professor of glaciology at Newcastle University. She specialises in the response of glaciers and ice sheets to climate change, with recent work focusing on the British-Irish Ice Sheet, Patagonia, Antarctica, the Andes, Alaska, Svalbard and Austria. She is currently editor for the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, chair of the UK Arctic-Antarctic Partnership and co-chair of Diversity in Polar Science Initiative. She is a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change’s (IPCC) upcoming IPCC seventh assessment report (AR7). She also established the website AntarcticGlaciers.org.

Depledge is a fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG) at the University of Cambridge. She has been following climate change and wider environmental negotiations for more than 25 years, including as a staff member at the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and a reporter for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Joanna has been on the editorial team of the journal Climate Policy since 2014. She is also a founding member of Cambridge Zero, a member of the research network Climate Strategies, and sat on the steering committee of the production gap report for 2020 and 2021.

Fischer is a climate scientist at ETH Zurich. His research interests include changes in weather and climate extremes, detection and attribution, climate variability, constraining uncertainties in global-to-regional model projections, and the human impacts of warming. He is a lead author on both the IPCC sixth and seventh assessment report. He is co-chair of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change (EPESC). He is an associate editor on the journal Science Advances and a co-editor of Weather and Climate Dynamics.

Fuss is a working group leader and head of research department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). She holds a professorship in sustainable resource management and global change at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Her expertise is in sustainable development, tropical rainforest conservation and climate change mitigation, with a particular focus on carbon dioxide removal. She was a lead author on the IPCC’s special report on 1.5C and was appointed to the European Academy of Sciences in 2021. She received her PhD in international economics from Maastricht University in 2008.

Salamanca heads the secretariat of the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) and is a senior research fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia centre. His work focuses on climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development, with particular attention to strengthening the research–policy interface in south-east Asia. He holds a PhD in geography from Durham University.