Ruth Chambers

Ruth Chambers has been working with Green Alliance since 2017 to provide strategic leadership to the environment sector on the Environment Act and other major legislation and parliamentary issues through the Greener UK coalition which Green Alliance convened and a dedicated legislation and governance unit. Before joining Green Alliance, Ruth worked with a wide range of not for profit and public sector organisations, helping them to engage with and influence government and parliament. Prior to that, she was deputy chief executive of the Campaign for National Parks. In addition to her Green Alliance role, she is honorary professor of practice at the UCL Centre for law and the environment, a board member of Hexagon Housing Association, an adviser to River Action UK and the lay member on COMEAP, the expert committee that advises the government on the effects of air pollutants on health. Ruth was awarded an OBE in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to the environment.