Doctors, academics, faith leaders representing millions of people and MPs demand Boris Johnson comes up with a climate plan

Today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson received what the i newspaper calls a “flurry of letters” from doctors, academics, religious leaders, young activists and politicians urging him to to come up with a climate plan ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which the UK Government hosts in Glasgow next year.

A series of open letters to the UK government, these groups have united around demands for the UK to commit to a strong plan to cut carbon emissions in time for a summit on 12 December which will mark 5 years since the Paris Agreement was signed. All countries are required to submit these plans and the UK hasn’t yet.

The Grantham Institute at Imperial College London coordinates a group of 48 universities and national research centres, who have come together to support the run up to, delivery of, and legacy from COP26 – called the COP26 Universities Network.

250 academics from these institutes sent a letter that states “We would like to encourage the UK to show leadership in this regard, by leading the way in submitting a highly ambitious, 1.5°C-aligned NDC as soon as possible. As a group of the UK’s leading scientists and experts on climate change and sustainability – and, crucially, the feasibility of delivering net zero changes by 2050 – we would be delighted to offer evidence-based knowledge and support, if required, to help you make such a submission.”

Hundreds of scientists, professors and academics have signed a letter calling for greater ambition. Noteable signatories include: 

• Professor Shirley Congdon, VC of the University of Bradford and Chair of Yorkshire Universities Board
• Professor Christine Ennew OBE, Provost, University of Warwick
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of York 
• Sir David King, Founder and Chair, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge
• Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director of Yorkshire Universities
• Dame Barbara Stocking, President, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
• Professor Steve Widdicombe, Director of Science and Deputy Chief Executive, Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Also:

• Professor Alan Dangour, Director, Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Professor Carol Brayne, Professor of Public Health Medicine, Co-Director Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge
• Professor Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS Master of Churchill College and Emeritus Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge
• Professor Paul Ekins OBE, Director; Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London
• Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, Chair of Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
• Professor Peter Jackson FBA, Professor of Geography and Co-Director of the University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food
• Professor Tim Jackson, Director, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey
• Professor Aled Jones, Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
• Professor Jouni Paavola, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), Director, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds
• Dr Tavis Potts, Director Centre for Energy Transition, University of Aberdeen
• Professor Dave Reay, Chair in Carbon Management & Education, Executive Director ECCI, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE, Director, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures & Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Sheffield
• Professor Nathalie Seddon, Director Nature-based Solutions Initiative, University of Oxford
• Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Director, Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge
• Professor Martin Siegert, Co-Director Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
• Dr Thomas Tanner, Director, Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP), SOAS University of London
• Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, Director – UK Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST)

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The Right Honourable Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

The undersigned on behalf of the COP26 Universities Network,
c/o Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment,
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
SW7 2AZ

28 October 2020

Dear Prime Minister,

Earlier this year, we introduced ourselves to Minister Alok Sharma as academics and researchers in  a growing network of 48 UK universities and national research centres, who have come together to support the run up to, delivery of, and legacy from COP26. Our website will launch soon at https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/cop26/

Many of our academics are working closely with the UK Government, devolved administrations, industry, local government and NGOs to provide a firm evidence base and range of possible policy solutions that can be adopted to accelerate the UK’s pathway towards net zero. We have already published two briefing notes, on A Net zero recovery from COVID-19, and on a Just Transition: Pathways to Socially Inclusive Decarbonisation.

The constantly growing body of evidence on the need to tackle climate change is stark. The Special Reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2018 and 2019 highlighted again the impacts that even a 1.5°C warmer world could have on nature such as coral, and on loss of life from climate-driven weather events, such as coastal floods. Impacts on human health and economic activity are also significant. As a result, reducing total global greenhouse gas emissions to net zero as soon as possible in the latter half of this century is more urgent than ever.

With this sense of urgency in mind, the core objectives of COP26 – to secure global commitment to highly ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, thus putting the world on track to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement – are vitally important.  We welcome your leadership in hosting a high ambition event in December this year, to lay the groundwork for nations to submit ambitious upgrades to their existing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the coming months. This will kick start a year of action in the run-up to COP26 and underpin international progress towards a successful summit in 2021.

We would like to encourage the UK to show leadership in this regard, by leading the way in submitting a highly ambitious, 1.5°C-aligned NDC as soon as possible. As a group of the UK’s leading scientists and experts on climate change and sustainability – and, crucially, the feasibility of delivering net zero changes by 2050 – we would be delighted to offer evidence-based knowledge and support, if required, to help you make such a submission.

We value our excellent relations with your team and would be delighted to have a meeting with you if you feel that it could be helpful. 

Yours sincerely,

1. Professor Simone Abram, Professor of Anthropology, Durham Energy Institute, Durham University 
2. Professor Carol Adams, Professor of Accounting, Durham University Business School
3. Dr. Matthew Agarwala, The Wealth Economy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy
4. Panagiotis Angeloudis, Reader in Transport Systems and Logistics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
5. Yuri Artioli, Senior Marine Ecosystem modeller, Member of the Executive committee of North East Atlantic Hub of GOA-ON
6. Ed Atkins, Lecturer, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
7. Professor William Austin, Professor of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St. Andrews
8. Dr Robin B Lamboll, Research Associate in Climate Science and Policy, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
9. Julie Baddeley, Director, Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement, University of Cambridge
10. Professor Jonathan Bamber, Director Bristol Glaciology Centre, University of Bristol
11. Dr Huashan Bao, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Durham University
12. Aina Roca Barcelo, Research Postgraduate, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
13. John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy, Queens University Belfast
14. Professor Paul Bates CBE, Professor of Hydrology, University of Bristol
15. Bianca van Bavel, PhD Researcher in Climate & Health, University of Leeds
16. Richard Beardsworth, Professor of International Relations, University of Leeds
17. Professor Eric Beinhocker, Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford
18. Professor Keith Bell, Professor of Smart Grids, University of Strathclyde
19. Dr Joanna Berry, Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship), Durham Energy Institute
20. Samuel Betts-Davies, Project Researcher for Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions, University of Leeds
21. Nicola Blasetti, Research Assistant, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
22. Elizabeth Bomberg, Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Edinburgh
23. Dr Lina I. Brand-Correa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds
24. Rachel Bray, Research Associate, University of Strathclyde
25. Professor Carol Brayne, Professor of Public Health Medicine, Co-Director Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge
26. Oliver Broad, Senior Research Fellow, Energy Systems Analysis, UCL Energy Institute
27. Dr Richard Bruce, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Sheffield
28. Mark A Burgman, Director of CEP, Chair in Risk Analysis &Environmental Policy, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
29. Isabela Butnar, Senior Researcher in Bioenergy Systems, UCL
30. Wouter Buytaert, Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
31. James M. Byrne, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
32. Professor Andy Callinor, Professor of Climate Impacts, University of Leeds
33. Professor Duncan Cameron, Professor of Plant and Soil Biology and Co-Director of the University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food.
34. Pierre Candelon, Academic tutor in CeDep, SOAS University of London
35. Roberto Cantoni, Research Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex
36. Molly Scott Cato, Professor of Green Economics, Roehampton University
37. Joanna Chamberlain, Head of Environment and Energy, University of Cambridge
38. Naveed Chaudhry, Accelerator Lead, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
39. Manish Chhowalla, Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
40. Dr Ruzanna Chitchyan, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol
41. Ruchi Choudhary, Reader of Architectural Engineering, University of Cambridge
42. Alexandra M Collins, Lecturer in Environmental Sustainability, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
43. Tilly Collins, Senior Teaching Fellow, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
44. Professor Shirley Congdon, VC of the University of Bradford and Chair of Yorkshire Universities Board
45. Harland Rivas Cooper, PhD Researcher, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds
46. Stuart Cooper, Professor of Accounting, University of Bristol
47. Professor Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, DPhil (Oxon) MEM (Yale) BCL & LLB (McGill) BA Hons, Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge
48. Colin J Cotter, Professor of Computational Mathematics, Mathematics, Imperial College London
49. Professor Michael Crossley FAcSS, FRSA, Senior Research Fellow, Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol
50. Dr Jonathan Cullen, University Lecturer in Energy, Transport and Urban Infrastructure, University of Cambridge
51. Professor Alan Dangour, Director, Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
52. Tina van De Flierdt, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London
53. Dr Joanna Depledge, Fellow, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge, and Editor, Climate Policy Journal
54. Prof. J. S. Dennis, Head of the School of Technology, University of Cambridge
55. Dr Hildegard Diemberger, Research Director, Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
56. Dr Alix Dietzel, Lecturer in Global Ethics, University of Bristol
57. Bouwe Dijkstra, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
58. Dr. David Diston, Research Development Manager, Environment, University of York
59. Dr James Dixon, Research Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
60. Dr Steven Dobbie, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Leeds
61. Catherine Dolan, Reader, Anthropology, SOAS University of London
62. Professor Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS Master of Churchill College and Emeritus Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge
63. Francis A Drobniewski, Chair in Global Health and Tuberculosis, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
64. James Durrant, Professor of Photochemisty, Imperial College London
65. Dr James E Tate, Associate Professor, Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds
66. Professor Paul Ekins OBE, Director; Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London
67. Professor Christine Ennew OBE, Provost, University of Warwick
68. Professor Steve Evans, Director of Research in Industrial Sustainability, University of Cambridge
69. Alan Feest, Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol
70. Richard Fenner Professor of Engineering Sustainability, University of Cambridge
71. Dr Sheridan Few, Research Associate, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
72. Dr Shaun Fitzgerald FREng, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge
73. Professor Sir Richard Friend, FRS, FREng, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
74. Dr Rebecca Ford, CP26 Fellow and Chancellor’s Fellow in Energy, University of Strathclyde
75. Professor Hayley Fowler, Professor of Climate Change Impacts and Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellow, Newcastle University
76. Allison Gaines, Research Postgraduate, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
77. Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Policy and Translation, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
78. Emanuel Gloor, Professor for Global Biogeochemical Cycles, University of Leeds
79. Professor Jon Gluyas, Durham Energy Institute, Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
80. Sara Goodacre, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Genetics, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham
81. Dr. James Graham, UK Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST) & Science, Society and Sustainability research group (3S), Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, University of East Anglia
82. Hilary Graham, Professor of Health Science, University of York
83. Professor Lesley Gray, Professor of Climate Dynamics, Dept of Physics, University of Oxford
84. Richard J Green, Professor of Sustainable Energy Business, Business School, Imperial College London
85. Professor Clare Grey FRS, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
86. Claire Grierson, Head of School Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
87. Howard Griffiths, Professor of Plant Ecology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
88. Selma Guerreiro, Research Fellow, Newcastle University
89. Peter Guthrie, Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
90. Joanna D Haigh, Distinguished Research Fellow, Physics, Imperial College London
91. Richard Hall, Research Associate, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
92. Dr Douglas Halliday, Durham Energy Institute, Durham University 
93. Dr Jeff Hardy, Senior Research Fellow, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
94. Barbara Harriss-White FAcSS, Emeritus Professor and Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
95. Dr Astley Hastings PhD, MIMechE, C Eng., Reader, University of Aberdeen
96. Stuart Haszeldine OBE FRSE C.Geol, Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage, University of Edinburgh
97. Professor Ed Hawkins MBE, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
98. Gabriele Hegerl, Chair of Climate System Science, University of Edinburgh
99. Dr Claire Helen Quinn, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management, University of Leeds
100. Dr Harald Heubaum, Lecturer in Global Energy and Climate Policy, SOAS University of London
101. Chris Hilson, Professor of Law, University of Reading
102. Ben Hinder, Research Assistant, Institute of Sustainable Resources, UCL
103. Professor Simon Hogg, Ørsted Professor in Renewable Energy, Durham University
104. Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, Chair of Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
105. Professor Guy Howard, Global Research Chair in Environmental and Infrastructure Resilience, University of Bristol
106. Dr. Nick Hughes, Senior Research Fellow, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
107. Dr Hugh Hunt, University of Cambridge
108. Professor Craig Hutton, Professor of Sustainability Science, University of Southampton
109. Feyzi Ismail, Research Associate, SOAS, University of London
110. Dr Matthew Ives, Senior Researcher, Post-Carbon Transition Programme, Institute of New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford
111. Professor Peter Jackson FBA, Professor of Geography and Co-Director of the University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food
112. Professor Tim Jackson, Director, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey
113. Dr Rachel James, Lecturer in Climate Science, University of Bristol
114. Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of York
115. Hazel Jeffery, Project Manager for UK Earth System Modelling (UKESM), NCAS
116. Dr Neil Jennings, Partnership Development Manager, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
117. Cedric M John, Reader in Carbonate Systems and Carbonate Reservoirs, Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London
118. Dr Helen L Johnson, Associate Professor in Climate and Ocean Modelling, University of Oxford
119. Charles Joly, Head of Sustainability, London School of Economics
120. Professor Aled Jones, Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
121. Matthew Jones, Professor of Quaternary Science, University of Nottingham
122. Dr Tommaso Jucker, NERC Fellow and Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
123. Robert J K Gross, Professor of Energy Policy and Technology, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
124. Dr. Andreas Kafizas, Lecturer, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
125. Ioannis Karmpadakis, Lecturer in Coastal Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
126. Emily Kearsey, Student, UCL
127. Srinivasan Keshav, Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science, University of Cambridge
128. Alalea Kia, Research Associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
129. Sir David King, Founder and Chair, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge
130. Prof Andreas Kontoleon, Professor of Environmental Economics and Public Policy, University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy
131. Samuel C Krevor, Senior Lecturer, Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London
132. Santosh Kumar, Research Associate, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
133. Professor Tim Lenton, Director Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
134. Dr Feja Lesniewska (FHEA), Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London
135. Professor Simon L. Lewis, Chair in Global Change Science, University of Leeds
136. Dr Jianing Li, Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham
137. Dr Matthew Lockwood, Senior Lecturer in Energy Policy, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School
138. Joss Lyons-White, PhD student, Department of Life Sciences and Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
139. Lindsay Qianqing Mai, Research Fellow, University of Sussex
140. Dr Angela Mae Minas, Research Associate in Climate Action, University of Manchester
141. Dr Graham Mann, Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, Institute for Climate & Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
142. Robert Marchant, Professor of Tropical Ecology, University of York
143. Professor Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
144. Dr John Marsham, Associate Professor, University of Leeds
145. Marc Masen, Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
146. Ali Mashayekhi, Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
147. Carly McLachlan, Professor of Climate and Energy Policy, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester
148. Dr Jim McQuaid, Deputy Head of School (Research Funding & Infrastructure), Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
149. Dr Ola Michalec, Research Associate, The University of Bristol
150. Dr Lucie Middlemiss, Associate Professor in Sustainability, Co-Director Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds
151. Ana Mijic, Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
152. Professor Rachel Mills, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences and the University Sustainability Champion, University of Southampton
153. Jan C. Minx, Professor for Climate Change and Public Policy, Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
154. Tom Mitcham, PhD Student, Bristol Glaciology Centre, University of Bristol
155. Kamiar Mohaddes, Senior Lecturer in Economics & Policy, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and Fellow in Economics, King’s College, University of Cambridge
156. Dr Fanny Monteiro, Senior Lecturer at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
157. Dr Brendan Moore, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of East Anglia
158. Geoff Moore, Emeritus Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, Durham University Business School
159. Professor Benito Müller, D. Phil. Oxon, Dipl. Math. ETH, Convener International Climate Policy Research, Environmental Change Institute, Member of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
160. Benjamin J. Murray, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
161. Rupert J Myers, Lecturer in Sustainable Materials Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
162. Dr B.D.A. Naafs, Proleptic lecturer & Royal Society Tata University Research Fellow, University of Bristol
163. Dr. Larissa Naylor, Reader in Physical and Environmental Geography, University of Glasgow
164. Professor Jenny Nelson FRS, Department of Physics and Grantham Institute – Climate Change & the Environment, Imperial College London
165. David Newbery, Director of Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge
166. Colin Nolden, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Bristol Law School & Researcher, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
167. Eleanor Nuttall, PhD student, Priestley Centre, University of Leeds
168. Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director of Yorkshire Universities
169. Jessica Omukuti PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York
170. Professor Jouni Paavola, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), Director, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds
171. Calliope Panoutsou, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
172. Pablo Brito Parada, Senior Lecturer, Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London
173. Douglas Parker, Professor of Meteorology, University of Leeds
174. Athanasios Paschalis, Lecturer in Hydrology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
175. Dr Wouter Peeters, Lecturer in Global Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham
176. Monica Pirani, Lecturer in Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
177. Rick van der Ploeg, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
178. Dr Cristina Peñasco, Director MPhil in Public Policy – Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS). University of Cambridge
179. Professor Wouter Poortinga, UK Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST), Professor of Environmental Psychology, Cardiff University
180. Dr Tavis Potts, Director Centre for Energy Transition, University of Aberdeen
181. Dr Maria Pregnolato, Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Bristol
182. Chris Preist, Professor of Sustainability and Computer Systems, Academic Head of Sustainability, University of Bristol
183. Laure de Preux, Assistant Professor, Business School, Imperial College London
184. Santosa Sandy Putra, Priestley Scholars, University of Leeds
185. Professor John Pyle, CBE FRS, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
186. Dr Ellen Quigley, Advisor to the CFO (Responsible Investment) & Research Associate (Sustainable Finance), University of Cambridge
187. Michael H Ramage, Reader Architecture and Engineering, University of Cambridge
188. Heather Graven, Reader in Climate Physics, Physics, Imperial College London
189. Professor Dave Reay, Chair in Carbon Management & Education, Executive Director ECCI, University of Edinburgh
190. Laila Read, Research Project Manager, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
191. Frederick Richards, Imperial College Research Fellow, Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London
192. Dr Jamie Rickman, Research Fellow in Complex Networks, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
193. Professor Elizabeth Robinson, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Reading
194. Graham Room, Professor of European Social Policy, University of Bath
195. Dr Ges Rosenberg, Research Fellow in Engineering Systems and Design, University of Bristol
196. Dr Rachael Rothman, Co-Director, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures and Academic Lead for Sustainability, University of Sheffield
197. Bill Rutherford, Chair in Biochemistry of Solar Energy, Life Sciences, Imperial College London
198. Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE, Director, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures & Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Sheffield
199. Dr Paola Sakai, UKRI Research and Innovation Fellow, University of Leeds
200. Dr Annalisa Savaresi, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, University of Stirling
201. Dr Daniel Say, Research Associate, Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group, University of Bristol
202. Professor Daniela Schmidt FRSB, Cabot Institute and School of Earth Sciences, Research Director Faculty of Science, University of Bristol
203. Dr. Jeremy Schmidt, Department of Geography, Durham University
204. Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director, Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction, University of Cambridge
205. Dr. Franziska Schrodt, Assistant Professor, Associate Editor Global Ecology and Biogeography, University of Nottingham
206. E Marian Scott OBE, FRSE, CStat, PhD, Professor of Environmental Statistics, University of Glasgow
207. Professor Nathalie Seddon, Director Nature-based Solutions Initiative, University of Oxford
208. Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Director, Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge
209. Professor Henry Shue, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford
210. Professor Martin Siegert, Co-Director Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
211. Mark Sinclair, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Sheffield
212. Francesco Sindico, Director, Strathclyde Centre of Environmental Law and Governance
213. Prof. Henning Sirringhaus, FRS, Royal Society Research Professor, University of Cambridge 
214. Aruna Sivakumar, Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
215. Dr Sofie Sjögersten, Professor in Environmental Science, University of Nottingham
216. Dr Amanda Slevin, PCAN Policy Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast
217. Dr Andrew Smallbone, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Durham University
218. Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Master of Pembroke College Cambridge
219. Pete Smith (FRS, FRSE), Professor of Soils & Global Change, University of Aberdeen
220. Prof Ken Smith, Head of the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
221. Jo Smith, Professor of Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics, University of Aberdeen
222. Dr Viktoria Spaiser, Associate Professor in Sustainability Research and Computational Social Sciences, University of Leeds
223. Professor Vanessa Speight, Professor of Integrated Water Systems, University of Sheffield
224. Philip Stier, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
225. Simon L C De Stercke, Research Associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
226. Marc E J Stettler, Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
227. Samuel Stevenson, Research Assistant, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
228. Dame Barbara Stocking, President, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
229. Lindsay C. Stringer, Professor in Environment and Development, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York
230. Andrew Sturdy, Professor of Organisation and Management, University of Bristol
231. Andrew Sudmant, Research Fellow, Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
232. Professor George Swann, Professor of Palaeoclimatology, University of Nottingham
233. Dr Thomas Tanner, Director, Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP), SOAS University of London
234. Professor Colin Taylor BSc PhD CEng FICE, Emeritus Professor of Earthquake Engineering, Academic Convenor for the South West Infrastructure Partnership
235. Professor Richard Templer FRSC, FRSA, Director of Innovation, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
236. Harriet Thew, COP26 Fellow, University of Leeds
237. Amy Thompson, Head of Policy Programmes and Communications, University of Bath
238. Dr Steffi Tille, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Sheffield
239. Dr Julia Tomei, Lecturer in Energy, Resources and Development, UCL Energy Institute
240. Professor Jaime L. Toney, Professor of Environmental and Climate Science, University of Glasgow
241. Dr Carol Turley OBE, Senior Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
242. Dr Anne Velenturf, Research Impact Fellow in Circular Economy, University of Leeds
243. Dr Caroline Verfuerth, Research Associate, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST), Cardiff University
244. Apostolos Voulgarakis, Reader in Atmospheric Physics, Physics, Imperial College London
245. Professor Jim W Hall FREng, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks, Director of Research in the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
246. Dr Markus W. Gehring, J.S.D. (Yale), LL.M. (Yale), Dr iur. (Hamburg), MA (Cantab), Faculty of Law, Director of Studies, Hughes Hall. University of Cambridge
247. Christopher J Waite, Research Associate, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
248. Dr Sara Walker SFHEA, MWES, Director of the EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration, Newcastle University
249. Rachael Ward, Postgraduate Research student Physical Geography and Research Technician in Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
250. Bonnie G. Waring, Senior Lecturer, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
251. Peter Watson, Research Fellow, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
252. Dr Ellen Webborn, Research Associate in data science and end use energy demand, UCL Energy Institute
253. Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, Director – UK Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST)
254. Professor Steve Widdicombe, Director of Science and Deputy Chief Executive, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
255. Dr Matthew Winning, Research Associate, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
256. Cordula Wittekind, PhD student, University of Leeds
257. Professor James Wood, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge
258. Dr Olivia Woolley, Associate Professor in Biolaw, Durham Law School
259. Mark Workman, Faculty of Engineering, Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London
260. Billy Wu, Senior Lecturer, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London
261. Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang, Chair in Electrical Power Systems, Director of Smart Grid, Birmingham Energy Institute, Co-Director, Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage, University of Birmingham
262. Dimitri Zenghelis, Special Advisor: The Wealth Economy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
263. Dr Ron Zimmern MA. FRCP, FFPHM. Chair. Executive Committee Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement. University of Cambridge