Andrew Potts is a lawyer and climate heritage policy expert who has focused on the intersection of culture and climate change since 2015. He helped found and coordinate the Climate Heritage Network (2018–2023) and led the 2024 launch of its “Imagining Low Carbon, Just, Climate Resilient Futures” initiative with support from the Mellon Foundation. He is currently Community of Practice Director for the Preserving Legacies project, funded by the National Geographic Society, and serves as Heritage and Climate Action Adviser to Europa Nostra. A former Associate General Counsel at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, he is a recipient of the John H. Chafee Trustees’ Award and has advised ICOMOS, UNESCO, and the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.