Bio

Matthew is Global Director for Climate and Nature at IDH, leading a team which supports the development of nature positive, low carbon and climate resilient agriculture. IDH has a long track record of convening value chain collaboration and landscape partnerships to secure deforestation-free and better farmer incomes with partners from the private sector and farmers organisations. Matthew’s team also supports SourceUp, the independent reporting platform and learning network for landscape and jurisdictional initiatives. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), and writes and speaks regularly on tropical forest protection and climate risk and resilience in agriculture. Matthew has 35 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector, and has held senior roles at Oxfam, the Green Alliance and the Carbon Trust.