Claire Stocks

Claire Stocks

Claire Stocks is a former BBC executive who led a variety of editorial teams and projects across a number of departments in an 18-year career there.

She was Olympic Sports Editor for the London 2012 Olympics, Development Editor at BBC Sport, and Head of Interactive at BBC Children’s, before leaving the BBC in 2018.

Advisory Board

Our advisory board includes those with many years experience leading public service news rooms, as well as experts in climate science, policy and communications.

Dr. Travis Coan

Dr. Travis Coan

Computational Science, University of Exeter
Lord Deben

Lord Deben

Former Chair of the UK’s Independent Climate Change Committee
Mary Hockaday

Mary Hockaday

Former Head of the BBC Newsroom and acting Director, BBC World Service
Professor Saffron O’Neill

Professor Saffron O’Neill

Climate & Society, University of Exeter
John Ryley

John Ryley

Former Editor-in-Chief of Sky News
Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw

Former Editorial Director of ITN

Team

We are a group of former news journalists, managers, communications specialists and academics, united by a desire to support and promote excellence in public service climate journalism on the UK’s main TV, radio and online news bulletins.

Mark Smalley

Mark Smalley

Co-Founder
David Weiland

David Weiland

Co-Founder
Phoebe Wollocombe

Phoebe Wollocombe

Co-Founder
Alan Strange

Alan Strange

Managing Editor
Dr Sylvia Hayes

Dr Sylvia Hayes

Research Fellow
Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Research Fellow
Alina Sandauer

Alina Sandauer

Content Analyst
Lucca Mole

Lucca Mole

Content Analyst
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