Neil is Professor of Environmental Economics in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Neil has led the research programme on adaptation in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research since its inception in 2000. He researches and teaches on the social sciences of global change including issues of social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation and justice and equity in decision-making. He served as a Lead Author in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and a Convening Lead Author for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Resilience Alliance and an Editor of the journal Global Environmental Change.
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