Kaeden Watts (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāi Tūhoe) works at the intersection of climate change and tino rangatiratanga. Kaeden has 6+ years’ experience in climate advocacy movements, campaigning and environmental consulting/advisory services at the grassroots level and government in New Zealand and overseas, as well as at the international-level through the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change and United Nations Human Rights working group.

He is the Trustee/co-founder of Te Waka Angamua, an organisation responding to climate-induced impacts affecting vulnerable communities through amplifying Indigenous methods to inform our national response to climate change.