Mike Barrett

Dr. Mike Barrett is the Chief Scientific Advisor at WWF-UK. Beginning his career as a hydrogeologist working in water in sanitation and latterly was a civil servant working across Defra and HM Treasury with a focus on biodiversity, international forestry, and climate change policy. In Government, Dr Barrett was seconded to the Prime Minister’s Commission for Africa in 2004-5 and was an EU delegation negotiator at the Nagoya COP in 2010 and managed the Defra Ministerial offices from 2010 to 2013 before joining WWF-UK.  At WWF-UK, Dr Barrett is a lead author on the biennial Living Planet Report.