Felicity Wade is a life-long climate and environment advocate. She ran the Wilderness Society in NSW for over a decade and has worked in responsible investment and politics. She currently works for Washington DC based think-tank, World Resources Institute supporting forest protection in the Indo-Pacific and leads the Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN).
LEAN is the internal climate and environment lobby within the Labor party that works to deliver environmental policy ambition. Felicity and the National Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), Steve Murphy, founded the Hunter Jobs Alliance, a coalition of unions and community environment organisations that work to build a positive future for the Hunter.
Felicity Wade