Rebekah Martin

Rebekah is the Climate Justice Lead for SDDirect and a Principal Consultant in the Inclusive Governance and Climate portfolio.

Rebekah leads our work on programmes and research to deliver inclusive responses to the climate crisis. This takes two main forms:

• Working with climate focused government departments, organisations, and programmes to support them to become more inclusive and achieve equitable impacts. Rebekah works directly with climate and environment specialists, helping them to avoid causing harm and to work in a more inclusive way, for example by creating more inclusive green jobs, more accessible transport and financial systems, and more inclusive decision-making and leadership. This includes roles on flagship UK government funded climate change programmes, such as Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Manager on  UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (PACT) and GEDSI Advisor on the CLEAN Helpdesk.
• Working with women's rights organisations, organisations of people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ organisations, indigenous peoples organisations and other civil society groups to conduct research on the ways that climate change affects people differently and develop guidance on inclusive climate action. 

Rebekah has an MA in Gender and International Development from the University of Warwick and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of York. Before joining SDDirect, she worked with MSI Reproductive Choices and UNDP, focusing on reproductive rights and South-South collaboration for more ambitious climate commitments in the UNFCCC Paris Agreement.