Britt Wray

BRITT WRAY is a writer and broadcaster researching the emotional and psychological impacts of the planetary health crisis. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, she is the Lead of the Special Initiative of the Chair in Climate Change and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Stanford Medicine. She holds a PhD in science communication from the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics and Risks of De-Extinction. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Washington Post, Guardian, and Globe and Mail, among other publications. She has hosted several podcasts, radio and TV programs with the BBC and CBC, has spoken at TED and the World Economic Forum, and writes a newsletter about finding active hope on the far side of climate despair: gendread.substack.com.