Daniel Melling

Role at CTrees

• Director of Marketing and Communications

Previous roles and affiliations

• Former Communications Manager at the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (UCLA School of Law), focusing on climate, environmental law, and policy communications.
• Earlier communications roles associated with UCLA and the broader UCLA policy / international community.
• Prior experience in communications at World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, D.C., working on climate and environmental topics.

Relevance in this brain

• Key communicator for CTrees’ science and products, including outreach around jurisdictional forest and climate initiatives (e.g., GCF Task Force events).
• Sits at the interface of science, policy, and public narrative on forests and climate finance, making him relevant for understanding how CTrees data is framed to policymakers, investors, and civil society.