Emily Cassidy is an environmental scientist and writer, with expertise in agriculture, ecology, and land use. As a research associate at Project Drawdown, Emily evaluates the emissions mitigation potential of climate solutions in the food system. Emily has more than a decade of professional experience working with environmental nonprofits, universities, and the federal government, including with the World Resources Institute’s Systems Change Lab; on the Breakthrough Agenda, a roadmap for accelerating international collaboration on reducing emissions from major sectors; and as a science writer at NASA. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental science from the University of Minnesota and has published in Science, Nature, and Environmental Research Letters.