Martijn Gough is an economist and public policy expert with significant experience in climate change and natural resource management. He began his career at the Department of Treasury and Finance working on drought, water and climate adaptation policy. Martijn also worked for United Nations Development Programme where he led a number of climate change projects and worked with Yale University on a practical economics of adaptation toolkit. He now works for the consultancy Aither and continues to lead projects for State and local governments on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.