Join Larissa Naylor, geomorphologist (University of Glasgow) to discuss coastal adaptation and nature based solutions connecting to near and far coastal communities.
Larissa Naylor is Professor of Geomorphology and Environmental Geography at the University of Glasgow, UK. She addresses ecological and climate change challenges facing society. She describes herself as ‘a Doctor of Geography, a Doctor for the Planet.’
She is a coastal geomorphologist who works at the interface of geomorphology, ecology and engineering and applies this to address ecological and climate change challenges facing society. Larissa helped establish the UK’s Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership; informed the IPCC’s 4th and 5thAssessments; and advised the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). She has shaped climate change, marine, flooding and planning policies and climate change adaptation action plans. She is a former NERC knowledge exchange fellow (2015-19), held an industrial exchange with Arup (2014) and most recently was an invited expert advisor to the World Bank’s Inspection Panel.
She is an international expert in biogeomorphology, rock coast morphodynamics, coastal erosion risk and coastal climate change adaptation and use of nature-based approaches including ecological enhancement of coastal engineering assets. She is increasingly applying her science to address climate, ecological and planetary health emergencies.