STAFF TEAM
ANNIE
PICKERING
I have spent over 5 years working with volunteers on local climate and workers' rights campaigns, with lots of experience of UK local councils and their weird and wonderfulness. I’m a trustee of People & Planet and Alumni of the UK Youth Climate Coalition. Having previously worked at People & Planet on their University League, I was keen to take inspiration from this project and create a way to hold councils to account on their climate action.
ISAAC
BEEVOR
I started working and campaigning in local climate policy in Metro Vancouver, managing volunteers and working on campaigns to support Vancouver’s low-emission buildings policy and introducing an annual measuring and reporting system across Metro Vancouver. I have previously been a Trustee, worked in communications and marketing (particularly SEO), and coach table tennis.
DON VON
ROHLAND
Over the last 5 years, I have supported community climate action in Scotland, enabling community groups to access funding and deliver successful engagement projects. I also provided climate emergency training to third sector organisations and the Scottish civil service. I am a very keen cyclist and carbon foot-printing enthusiast! I am excited to support the environmental movement across the UK in my role as Campaigns & Outreach Director, where I will continue building community resilience in the face of the joint crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change.
CLAIRE
STEPHENSON
I led the main opposition group and chaired the scrutiny committee on Norwich City Council during two terms as an elected councillor between 2006 and 2014. More recently I returned to the council as a political assistant. Alongside these activities I have worked in secondary schools teaching English. I am based in Norwich and am interested in communication around climate change.
COMPANY BOARD MEMBERS
ROBIN
MCGHEE
Born at 358ppm, I have been a board member of Climate Emergency UK since 2022 and chair since 2023. I am an experienced political advocate in climate and environmental policy and since 2020 have been Public Affairs Adviser at WWF UK, where I work on climate change, deforestation and green finance. I am especially interested in ways of giving local authorities more financial and institutional power to implement their own climate policies independently of the Treasury.
TALIA
BERRIMAN
Talia Berriman is a sustainability professional focusing on strategy and the delivery of equitable climate action in UK local government. Talia is currently Green Economy Lead at the London Borough of Newham, following previous roles held at the London Borough of Brent, and as Network Programme Manager at UK100, the only network for highly ambitious UK mayors and local leaders committed to tackling the climate emergency. Talia holds an MSc in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh.
ELOISE
WALDON-DAY
Eloise comes with a wealth of experience in fundraising: she is currently the Senior Fundraising Manager for C40 Cities, managing relationships and partnerships to further climate action in cities globally following experience in women’s rights’ and global development organisations. Eloise joined CEUK’s Local Climate Policy Programme in 2021 and was a key volunteer for this year’s Scorecards work. Eloise also campaigns locally with XR Southwark and used the Scorecards to successfully argue for SMART goals to be included in Southwark Council’s climate action plan.
GODWIN
MATEMBE
I was born and raised in Uganda, moved to the UK in 2008. I’m married to Tynah, a FinTech entrepreneur and we have two amazingly wonderful children. I am an accountant and a banker, who will act as the Treasurer for Climate Emergency UK, and I love running outdoors, travelling the world and building relationships.
AARON
GOULD
 I am Head of Research at the ADE, directing delivery of expert insight and analysis for stakeholders across the sector, central and local government, and academia. I’m a former Civil Servant with nearly two decades’ experience in the heart of Whitehall. I created MHCLG’s first Local Government Climate Change team, and transformed the way the department engaged with the local sector on net zero. In DECC/BEIS I led work on diverse policy domains including low carbon heat, community energy, local climate action, green infrastructure, and international negotiations in the UNFCCC.
MUNTAZIR
JAFFER
 I am an engineering researcher in the Science and Innovation division of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. My research focuses on new and emerging energy technologies for the future energy system, drawing together policy, strategy and emerging engineering evidence. Previously, I spent three years designing £350m energy efficiency schemes delivered by local authorities partners. I have extensive experience working with councils and improving the utilisation of government funding for decarbonisation aims. See here for his conflict of interest statement and mitigations.
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