June 2023 Fellow's update: Henry McGhie

Principal/Director Henry McGhie (CF 2020) was awarded an outreach grant from the British Ecological Society (£1,900) for design costs for an open-access guide on the new Global Biodiversity Framework. He has also joined the steering committee of the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UK-ADR), which aims to promote partnerships and collaborations for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Henry also made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, who had a call out on culture and cultural rights in sustainable development. He also made a submission to the UN inquiry on progress on the Paris Agreement, called the Global Stocktake, to make recommendations on how to accelerate and scale-up climate action.

Henry presented a poster at the UN Climate Change conference in Bonn, Empowering Museums to Empower Others through ACE.