Stephen Hale OBE is the Chief Architect o
Climate Catalyst
a new organisation established in March 2021 to accelerate action on climate change through building diverse coalitions of businesses, investors, civil society groups and other champions of climate action to influence national governments. Stephen was Chief Executive of

Refugee Action Refugee Action is an independent national charity founded in 1981 that provides advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and campaigns for a fairer asylum system. It is governed by a board of trustees chaired by Penny Lawrence. ...

from 2015 - March 2021. He was named as charity chief executive of the year for 2019 in September 2019. Refugee Action was runner up in the 2020 Third Sector Charity of the Year category. During his time at Refugee Action he blogged regularly on how the UK could meet its responsibilities to support those fleeing war and persecution including for

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. Stephen was a trustee of Friends of the Earth from 2014 to 2018, and a trustee of the Samworth Foundation from 2015 to 2019. From 2010 to February 2015 Stephen was Deputy and Advocacy Campaigns director of

Oxfam International Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. History Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...

, and head of the Geneva office of Oxfam International. From 2006 - April 2010 he was the director of

Green Alliance Green Alliance may refer to: * Green Alliance (think tank), a British think tank * Green Alliance (Colombia), a political party * Green Alliance (Ireland), former name of the Green Party in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland * Green Allian ...

, an independent charity and green think tank working on environment policy in the

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. He was a trustee of Christian Aid from 2007 - 2010. He worked previously at the

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...

, as special adviser to Secretary of State

Margaret Beckett Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (''née'' Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. A member of the Labour Party, she became Britain's first female Foreign S ...

MP from 2003 to 2006, and before that, as adviser to environment minister

Michael Meacher Michael Hugh Meacher (4 November 1939 – 21 October 2015) was a British politician who served as a government minister under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ol ...

from 2002 to 2003. Formerly, he was a senior consultant at ERM, an international environmental consultancy. He was also active in SERA (the environmental socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party), serving as chair in 2001-02 and as vice-chair from 1999 to 2001. He is the author of The new commandments of climate change strategy and ''The new politics of climate change (2008)'' and is currently the third sector chair of the ministerial task force on climate change, the environment and sustainable development. He was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) in the

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for services to the environment.

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External links

The new politics of climate change: why we are failing and how we will succeedStephen Hale, Refugee Action official website
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