About
Nathalie Seddon is Professor of Biodiversity and Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative in the Departments of Biology and Geography (Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment) at the University of Oxford. She is also Director of the Agile Initiative, member of the leadership team of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, and is a Senior Research Fellow at Wadham College.
In 2021, she co-founded the Oxford University Social Venture, Nature-based Insights Ltd, of which she is non-executive Director.
Nathalie trained as an evolutionary ecologist at Cambridge University and has over 25 years of research experience in a range of ecosystems across the globe. As a University Research Fellow of the Royal Society, she developed broad research interests in understanding the origins and maintenance of biodiversity and its relationship with global change. Her work now focuses on the role of nature-based solutions in social and ecological flourishing, and how to increase the influence of robust biodiversity science as well as traditional knowledge on the design and implementation of climate and development policy.
Advisory roles
Nathalie advises governments and the private sector on nature-based solutions to ensure their implementation supports biodiversity and enhances wellbeing. She is a member of the Adaptation Committee of the UK Climate Change Committee, leading on nature; sits on the Science & Knowledge Committee of the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions; and is a Trustee of the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance.
In 2022-2023, Nathalie was Academic co-Lead for the UK’s first People’s Assembly for Nature.
For enquires or to arrange a meeting, please contact lila.stewart-roberts@biology.ox.ac.uk
Media
Video
- What is nature and why do we need it? Speaking at the UK’s first People’s Assembly for Nature
- Evaluating and investing in Nature-based Solutions Speaking with Professor Cameron Hepburn
- What can nature offer for #COP26, and what can COP26 offer for nature?
- Co-created with Apolitical: Biodiversity loss puts humans and the environment at risk
- Three short films on Nature-based Solutions in Action around the UK
- The future we must choose
Podcasts
- Climate Perspectives Magazine: An in-depth conversation about the value of nature-based solutions for climate adaptation
- Science Magazine: Using waste to fuel airplanes, nature-based climate solutions, and a book on Indigenous conservation
- Economist: Going in reverse – how can greenhouse gas emissions be removed from the atmosphere?
- UNDRR: Words into action: Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction
- Kleinman Center for Energy Policy: The Potential, and Risks, of Nature-Based Climate Solutions
- Future makers: Solving climate change… nature or technology?
Recent writing
- Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change
- Why efforts to address climate change through nature-based solutions must support both biodiversity and people
- Getting the message right on nature-based solutions to climate change
- Nature-based solutions can help cool the planet – if we act now
- Guidelines for Successful, Sustainable Nature-based Solutions
Blogs about Nathalie
