Caroline is an acknowledged expert on climate change, international trade and peace issues.
She has served as a Vice President of the RSPCA (2007-2010), and been active in the Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign Against Climate Change and Environmental Protection UK (formerly National Society for Clean Air), as well as a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament National Council and a Director of the International Forum on Globalization.
The think-tanks 'Protect the Local, Globally' and the Centre for a Social Europe have Caroline as an Advisory Board Member, as does the Radiation Research Trust, the Transitions Towns Network and the Council of the Constitution Unit.
Caroline is a patron of the Martlets Hospice, Action for UN Renewal, the Venezuela Information Centre, Havant Literary Festival and Lifecycle UK and a matron of the Women's Environmental Network.