Dr Candice Howarth is the Head of Climate Adaptation and Resilience at the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, where she oversees the Institute’s work on extreme heat preparedness in the UK. She has an interdisciplinary background in climate policy and pro-environmental behaviour with degrees in meteorology (BSc), climate change (MSc) and a PhD in climate policy and pro-environmental behaviour. She has extensive experience in climate governance and climate adaptation and is currently leading a British Academy Fellowship in collaboration with the British Red Cross looking at integrating adaptation and mitigation measures to enhance community preparedness to extreme heat. She is the UK lead for the Horizon 2020 €6,2 million riskADAPT project exploring adaptation solutions to climate impacts in the EU and she was the PI of the £3,5 million Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN). She co-leads the Adaptation Community of Practice, chairs the Royal Geographical Society Climate Change Research Group, sits on the Royal Meteorological Society Climate Science Engagement group, is a member of the London Heat Risk Group and was a member of the Steering Group of the Physiological Society’s Heat Resilience Strategy. She was a contributing author for the 3rd UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3). She sits on the Editorial Board of the journal Environmental Communication and is an Associate Deputy Editor for the journal Climatic Change. She regularly advises a range of international, government and non-governmental organisations, her work is regularly covered in local, regional and national media, and she is a frequent speaker at policy, practice, third sector and events.