Matthew has been director of Green Alliance since May 2010 and has 25 years experience of UK and international environmental issues. Prior to Green Alliance, Matthew was Head of Government Affairs at the Carbon Trust; Campaign Director at Greenpeace UK and founder and Chief Executive of the renewable energy agency Regen SW, where he developed Wave Hub, the world’s first proving ground for wave energy farms.
Matthew was a member of the Renewables Advisory Board 2005-10 and currently sits on the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Carbon Capture and Storage Development Forum. He is a regular adviser to government on energy and environment policy.
He read Environmental Biology at Liverpool University and spent the early part of his career working on tropical forest conservation.
'A good day for evidence based policy', Business Green, 17 May 2011
Read Matthew’s profile in Public Affairs News
Matthew’s open letter to the Prime Minister on the 4th Carbon Budget signed by 14 other NGOs in The Guardian
Matthew discusses climate change and the third sector in Charity Times
Matthew outlines ‘the new politics of environmentalism’ in the Green Alliance Annual Review 09-10
Progressive business must speak out and collaborate for a sustainable future guest post by Thomas Lingard
Should the government advertise the 'green switchover'? guest post by James Murray
Government’s £40bn savings subsidies must encourage responsible investment by Chris Hewett
Low carbon businesses must speak up in the political debate guest post by Nick Mabey
Why the UK needs a binding energy efficiency target by Elise Attal
Why local consumption based carbon accounting is good for policy guest post by Warren Hatter
Public acceptability of green behaviour change interventions guest post by Matthew Evans of Ipsos MORI
What does the UKERC report mean for the future of CCS? by Dustin Benton
Hyper-local, visible action is key to encouraging green living guest post by Oliver Payne of The Hunting Dynasty
BBC News:UK government to review Green Deal
Business Green:Is 'hard work' really the only growth strategy?
E2B: Green policies require national-level communication strategy
Business Green:Should the government advertise the “green switchover”?
NewStatesman: Saving sustainably
Business Green: Green Alliance: Save tax relief for low-carbon savings and investments
Financial Times: Rio+20: Earth talks 'in need of vision and direction'