Dorean Erhart is director of Brisbane based Linden Climate Advisory, a boutique consultancy providing tailored climate change risk management coaching and support for company directors, CEOs, and staff.

Dorean’s 30-year career has focused on co-designing and delivering program and policy solutions to complex climate change, and land based environmental and Great Barrier Reef conservation problems.

Recognising that climate action requires government and industry to acquire new skills and abilities, Dorean instigated and co-authored several climate risk management guidelines and support documents for practitioners, including the Climate Risk Management Framework for Queensland Local Government and guideline, the QCoast2100 Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy Minimum Standards and Guideline and the creation of the first nationally accredited climate risk management Certificate IV and skill set courses.

She is the creator and driver behind the establishment and delivery of several nationally and internationally recognised initiatives, most recently, the Queensland Climate Resilient Councils and QCoast2100 programs.