Erin Glen is a Geospatial Research Associate with WRI’s Global Nature Watch and Cities4Forests. She develops geospatial data and tools that make land-sector climate action more measurable and useful to decision-makers. Her work includes global mapping of land-sector greenhouse gas emissions and removals, with a focus on forests, land-use change and organic soils. In the United States, she works on tools such as the Land Emissions and Removals Navigator (LEARN). She also works with partners within the Colorado River Basin to connect forest and watershed resilience priorities, including wildfire risk reduction, with conservation finance and on-the-ground implementation.

Before joining WRI, Erin held geospatial and forest conservation roles at World Wildlife Fund and the City of Aspen. This work, including developing conservation monitoring approaches and supporting a regional collaborative focused on land use and terrestrial carbon, shaped her interest in connecting rigorous analysis with local priorities and action.

Erin holds a B.A. in Environmental Science and International Studies and an M.S. in Geographic Information Science from the University of Denver. She lives in Carbondale, Colorado, where she enjoys skiing, mountain biking and exploring the landscapes that motivate her work.