Audrey Wagner

I am an expert on nature-based solutions and biodiversity & climate synergies and trade-offs, focusing on international policy and governance. I am currently a PhD researcher at Imperial College London in the Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP) and the Transdisciplinary Centre for Nature and People (TCNP) under the supervision of Prof Caroline Howe, researching governance across scales of nature-based solutions in Amazonian countries: policy implementation in the era of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. I also act as Coordinator of the Academia and Research (A&R) Organisations group engaging under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Previously, I worked for 4 years as Programme Coordinator and Researcher for Oxford University's Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) under Prof Nathalie Seddon, working on research and policy of NbS and climate & biodiversity synergies and trade-offs.

I have been researching, working, and studying in the field of environment and sustainability for over decade. My knowledge base is interdisciplinary and includes a background in environmental biology, plant ecology, sustainable agriculture, sustainability certification, net zero science and policy, environmental management, nature-based solutions, and global environmental governance. I graduated from an MSc. in Environmental Change and Management at the University of Oxford (2021), finishing with awarded Distinction. My Masters dissertation research focuses on indigenous sovereignty and payments for ecosystem services for reducing deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. I obtained my BSc. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, with an Honours in Environment (BSc.), a specialization in Food Production and Environment and a minor in International Agriculture, while my undergraduate thesis research looked at how tree diversity in Panama affects carbon stocks and fluxes. Previously, I completed research and internships in Panama, Cuba, Belize, and India, among others, with organisations such as the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).