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Nathalie Seddon is a Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford’s Department of Biology, with a focus on Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for climate and biodiversity challenges. She founded the Nature-Based Solutions Initiative in 2017, driving interdisciplinary research, policy, and education. Her work spans tropical forest ecology, climate adaptation, and equity in environmental governance.
- Key Affiliations: Oxford Martin School (Senior Fellow), International Institute for Environment and Development (Senior Associate)
Research Interests integrate ecological science with socioeconomic frameworks to evaluate NbS effectiveness. Current projects examine agroforestry systems in Ghana (Flourishing Landscapes Programme), woodland creation methods for carbon sequestration, and policy mechanisms for equitable green infrastructure standards in England. She emphasizes addressing power asymmetries and Indigenous knowledge integration in NbS design.
Scientific Contributions highlight the cost-effectiveness of NbS for net-zero strategies, critiquing market-based offsetting approaches while advocating for systemic economic transformation. Her 2021 paper Getting the message right on NbS warns against reducing NbS to corporate carbon credits.
- Recent Awards: Senior Fellow, Oxford Martin School (2025)
- Policy Impact: Delivered open letters to UK PM on nature-climate integration (2025)
