Defra reappoints climate change expert advisor

Defra and the Devolved Administrations have reappointed Professor Michael Davies to the Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Committee.

Davies (pictured) is Professor of Building Physics and Environment at the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering. Committee chair, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, said Davies’ background in buildings, planning, cities and public health, including heat, ventilation and air quality, was “central to the adaptation challenges the UK faces with all of our building stock.”

The committee comprises experts in the fields of climate change impacts, science, environmental economics, conservation, public health and business advises governments on preparing for, and adapting to climate change.

The committee board is currently one member short as it following the death last year of Professor Dame Georgina Mace, who led its work in assessing the impacts of climate change and adaptation responses in the UK’s natural environment. The committee has appointed Professor Kate Jones as interim expert advisor until the recruitment of Dame Georgina’s successor is complete.