Ellie Tonks

Amsterdam

Ellie Tonks brings expertise in designing and delivering impact orientated climate innovation projects. As Programme Lead of EIT Climate-KIC’s Resilient Regions programme Ellie has worked with four European regions over the past 2 years, to design portfolios of climate-resilient adaptation innovations. With EIT Climate-KIC Ellie has managed over 30 innovation projects and partnerships in over 12 European Union Member States. Ellie brings academic and professional expertise on climate resilience and nature-based solutions. Having also worked as an Expert Reviewer on nature-based solutions for the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Prior to this, Ellie has worked on the intersection of the arts and sustainability and continues to apply this multi-disciplinary thinking to her work on regional and city scale systems change. Ellie has an MSc in Ecological Economics from The University of Edinburgh and a BSc in Ecology and Conservation from St Andrews University.