Dr Tara Shine
Dr Tara Shine is a globally recognised sustainability expert, public speaker, and author, with a career spanning over two decades in climate change negotiation and environmental policy. She is the CEO and co-founder of Change by Degrees, a sustainability skills platform designed to empower individuals and organisations to make sustainability their superpower.
Named Sustainable Business Leader of the Year 2024, Tara has advised governments and world leaders on climate change, climate justice, and sustainable development. She previously served as Special Adviser to the Mary Robinson Foundation–Climate Justice and The Elders.
Tara is Chairperson of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a Non-Executive Director at Enterprise Ireland, and was recently appointed as co-facilitator of the Structured Expert Dialogue of the Second Periodic Review under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),