

Prof Nathalie Seddon
Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative and The Agile Initiative at the University of Oxford
Nathalie Seddon is Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford. A former Royal Society University Research Fellow and recent recipient of a prestigious Marsh Award for Ecology, she trained as an evolutionary ecologist at the University of Cambridge and has over 25 years’ experience working across ecosystems worldwide. Her research spans the origins and maintenance of biodiversity to the design and governance of nature-based solutions, advancing relational approaches that bridge different knowledge systems.
She advises governments, UN agencies, and the private sector to ensure that nature-based solutions deliver for biodiversity, equity, and wellbeing. Nathalie serves on the UK Climate Change Committee’s Adaptation Committee and the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions Science Committee, and is a Trustee of the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance. In 2022–23, she co-led the UK’s first People’s Assembly for Nature.
Nathalie Seddon is Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford. A former Royal Society University Research Fellow and recent recipient of a prestigious Marsh Award for Ecology, she trained as an evolutionary ecologist at the University of Cambridge and has over 25 years’ experience working across ecosystems worldwide. Her research spans the origins and maintenance of biodiversity to the design and governance of nature-based solutions, advancing relational approaches that bridge different knowledge systems.
She advises governments, UN agencies, and the private sector to ensure that nature-based solutions deliver for biodiversity, equity, and wellbeing. Nathalie serves on the UK Climate Change Committee’s Adaptation Committee and the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions Science Committee, and is a Trustee of the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance. In 2022–23, she co-led the UK’s first People’s Assembly for Nature.
The UK’s first National Emergency Briefing on the Climate & Nature crisis will be held on the 27th November.
General Info
Central Hall Westminster
Storey’s Gate
London
SW1H 9NH
The UK’s first National Emergency Briefing on the Climate & Nature crisis will be held on the 27th November.
General Info
Briefing location:
Central Hall Westminster
Storey’s Gate
London
SW1H 9NH
The UK’s first National Emergency Briefing on the Climate & Nature crisis will be held on the 27th November.
General Info
Briefing location:
Central Hall Westminster
Storey’s Gate
London
SW1H 9NH