Kate Dooley, PhD.
Science and Policy Support - Forest and Ecosystems Governance | Australia
Kate has policy expertise on forest governance, climate change and carbon accounting, and has almost two decades experience in advising government and non-governmental organisations. Kate has worked globally with environmental movements and non-governmental organisations, focussing on the intersection of forest governance and climate policy. She has been following the UN climate negotiations since 2009, looking at the role of forests and land-use in climate mitigation, and how human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples are central to these efforts. Kate is currently researching the potential for ambitious restoration of natural ecosystems to remove and lock up atmospheric carbon and is a lecturer in Climate Change at the University of Melbourne.