Kathryn Brown OBE

Director of Science , UKCEH

Kathryn joined UKCEH as Director of Science in 2026. She has over 20 years’ experience in a range of evidence, climate change and nature roles for both the UK Government and third sector. She worked as Director of Climate Change and Evidence at The Wildlife Trusts between 2021-2026, overseeing the federation's evidence programmes and their approach to addressing climate change, including through landscape scale nature-based solutions. Her previous roles include Head of Adaptation at the Climate Change Committee, where she was part of the CCC's senior team and led the development of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment. Prior to 2012 Kathryn held a range of domestic and international climate roles at Defra, including as a lead negotiator for the European Union and acted as the department's scientific lead on climate risk. She was awarded an OBE for services to climate change research in 2022, and is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Reading.