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Dr. Libby Blanchard

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Postdoctoral research associate, Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy, University of Utah, University of Cambridge

I'm a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Utah's Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy. I received my PhD in geography from Cambridge University in 2020 where I was a Gates Cambridge Scholar. My research broadly aims to inform climate mitigation policy to make it more effective and equitable. I currently focus on the use of forests in climate finance and climate mitigation strategies. My current work follows two tracks: i) examining the use, prevalence and implications of carbon offsets in net zero commitments; and ii) informing the design of proposed ‘contribution models’ to conserve forests for the climate and co-benefits forests provide.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Postdoctoral research associate, Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy, University of Utah
  • 2022–2023
    Research affiliate, Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, UC Berkeley
  • 2015–2020
    Research affiliate, University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Cambridge, PhD
  • 2013 
    University of Cambridge, MPhil

Honours

Gates Cambridge Scholar