Chelsea Johnson Balcomb is an International Fellow at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). Her work encompasses issues related to climate change resilience, adaptation, and loss & damage, including in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).   Ms. Balcomb also works on international and U.S. domestic adaptation issues, related to community and corporate resilience.

Ms. Balcomb has a range of experience in environmental sustainability in the private, non-profit, and NGO spaces. Before joining C2ES, Chelsea’s experience included working with the United Nations Development Programme on issues related to biodiversity and finance. Additionally, Ms. Balcomb served as an environmental planner at AECOM, where she provided consulting services for numerous projects involving federal, state, local, and private sector clients. She also authored environmental assessments in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Ms. Balcomb holds a master of science in environmental sustainability with a focus on environmental justice, sustainability, and development from the University of Michigan and a bachelor of science in environmental earth science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.