Judith Rees

Dame Judith Anne Rees, DBE (born 26 August 1944[1]), is a distinguished academic geographer, was interim director of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from May 2011 until September 2012.

Professor Rees also acts as director for its Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (hosted jointly with the University of Leeds) and is Vice-Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Her main research interests include climate change and the governance of environmental resources and risk.

[2] Rees is also chair of the LSE's Grantham Institute on Climate Change, a board member of the UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation and the International Scientific Advisory Council (ISAC),[7] a director of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy,[8] and a member of the Dutch national research programmes on Climate changes Spatial Planning (CcSP) and "Knowledge for Climate" (KfC).

[9] Rees was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2006 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to higher education.