DrCara Augustenborg

Dr. Cara Augustenborg is an Assistant Professor in Landscape Studies and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin. She also serves as a Member of Ireland's Climate Change Advisory Council; a Member of President Michael D. Higgins Council of State; and on the advisory committee for Teagasc's flagship agri-environmental programme, Signpost. Previously, she was appointed to the advisory councils of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Dialogue for Climate Action by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and presented 'Down To Earth with Cara Augustenborg' on Newstalk FM

Dr. Augustenborg holds a Doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and completed her dissertation research in agri-environmental science as a Fulbright Scholar and Walsh Fellow at Ireland's Agriculture and Food Research Authority, Teagasc. She also holds a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from University of Washington and an M.Sc. in Environmental Health Sciences and Water Policy from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

From 2014-2017, she was Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Friends of the Earth Ireland. From 2017 until June 2019, she has served as Chairperson of the Executive Committee of Friends of the Earth Europe based in Brussels. She was also the first person in Ireland to join Al Gore's Climate Reality Programme in 2013.

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