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Neil Ward

Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research , University of East Anglia

Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research , University of East Anglia Neil Ward is a Professor at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He is a specialist in agriculture, environment and land use and was formerly Director of the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University (2004-08) and UEA's Deputy Vice Chancellor (2014-21). He co-leads the UK Research Councils' AFN (AgriFood4NetZero) Network, with over 2,000 members, which works to support the agri-food system's transition to a net zero UK by 2050. He is author of Net Zero, Food and Farming: Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System (Routledge, 2023).