Sustainability East appoints Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator

Sustainability East has appointed a Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator, Clare Merritt, to work with stakeholders within the East of England.

This role is a joint one with Anglia Ruskin University, but Clare is based within Sustainability East.  The work forms part of the Climate Change Skills Fund project on Developing Adaptation.

Clare is managing and facilitating a stakeholder network around climate change adaptation for the East of England. Working in partnership, she is continuing to build the evidence base and narrative for adaptation for the East of England, as well as identifying case studies and examples of good practice and innovation.

Clare's role is part of the Low Carbon KEEP project at Anglia Ruskin University, which is a unique funding opportunity available to small to medium sized companies (SME's) within the East of England. The funding aims to support collaboration between SME's and research providers, in order to carry out 'low carbon' projects.

Clare can be contacted at clare.merritt@anglia.ac.uk