Jonathan Farr

Head of Policy and Partnerships

Jonathan is a founding member of the Resilient Water Accelerator. Prior to this he was Senior Policy Analyst for Climate Change in WaterAid’s Global Policy Team – working on boosting finance for climate adaptation; long term threats to water security; community resilience; and urban water security.

Prior to joining WaterAid Jonathan was First Secretary for Climate Change at the British Embassy in Beijing working on Emissions Trading, Clean Transport, and the Low Carbon Economy. Jonathan has also covered the climate science, nuclear energy and renewable energy briefs as government spokesman at the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (now Department for Net Zero), as well working in external communications for the Foreign Office, Department for International Development, and the Prime Minister’s Office.