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UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE
![]() Professor of Environmental Change Dept of Geography Climate focus: the impacts of climate change on fresh waters More about Helen / Email Helen |
![]() Associate Professor of Climate Science Dept of Geography Climate focus: modeling simulations of past climates and projections of the coming one More about Chris / Email Chris |
![]() Dept of Mechanical Engineering Climate focus: bubbles in the open ocean influencing air-sea gas transfer More about Helen / Email Helen |
![]() Professor of Remote Sensing Dept of Geography Climate focus: form and function of forests from tropical to urban More about Mat / Email Mat |
![]() Professor of Polar Observation & Modelling Dept of Earth Sciences Climate focus: Documenting the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice and implications within the Arctic and beyond More about Julienne / Email Julienne |
![]() Professor of Physical Geography – Hydrology and Wetlands Climate focus: modelling hydro-ecological impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems in particular wetlands More about Julian / Email Julian |
![]() Professor of Ocean and Climate Science |
THE ANTHROPOCENE
![]() Professor of Human Geography Co-convenor of the UCL Anthropocene Initiative Climate focus: the relation between scientific expertise and politics More about Andrew / Email Andrew |
![]() Professor of Environmental Engineering / Director of UCL CircEL (The Circular Economy Lab) Climate focus: waste and the Circular Economy More about Julia / Email Julia |
![]() Professor of Earth System Science Themes also covered: Modelling and Understanding Climate Change, Climate Resilience and Adaptation, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: climate change in the past, the present and the future More about Mark / Email Mark |
![]() Professor of Heritage Studies/Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies Theme also covered: Climate Resilience and Adaptation Climate focus: cultural responses to the Anthropocene, extinction and climate crises/the role of heritage and museums in climate mitigation, adaptation and action More about Rodney / Email Dorian |
![]() Professor of Hydrogeology Department of Geography Themes also covered: Understanding Climate Change, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: Climate-resilient pathways to water and food security in tropical Africa and Asia More about Richard / Email Richard |
![]() Professor of Geographical Information Science Dept of Geography Themes also covered: The Anthropocene, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: Public production of environmental information, through citizen science, to address climate change More about Muki / Email Muki |
CLIMATE JUSTICE AND GOVERNANCE
![]() Professor of Political Science Climate focus: climate change politics and responsibility with expertise on Climate Change Loss and Damage, Climate Change Litigation and Climate Change and Human Rights More about Lisa / Email Lisa |
![]() Professor of Education / Director, UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education / Head of Department, Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Climate focus: high quality teacher education practices in climate change and environmental and sustainability education More about Nicola / Email Nicola |
![]() Lecturer in political sciences Climate focus: The intersectionality of climate policy, human security and economic growth, with a focus on Africa and small island states. Current project examines the decarbonisation of the maritime sector in Eastern and Southern Africa. More about Simon / Email Simon |
![]() Associate Professor of Anthropology / Director, UCL Centre for Digital Anthropology Theme also covered: Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: climate change as an anthropological problem and implications of climate science for contemporary ways of governing and knowing society More about Hannah / Email Hannah |
![]() Professor of Law Climate focus: the ways in which law governs decision making on climate change, including for example the consenting of renewable energy infrastructure More about Maria / Email Maria |
![]() Professor of Environmental Law Climate focus: climate legislation, climate adjudication, and institutions governing climate change More about Eloise / Email Eloise |
![]() Professor of Environmental Law Climate justice with a focus on air pollution and loss of open green spaces and potential for using law in a creative way to achieve climate justice. More about Jane / Email Jane |
BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORT
![]() Professor of Health Psychology / Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change Climate focus: population, organisational and individual level interventions More about Susan / Email Susan |
![]() Professor of Construction Management Climate focus: net zero construction products, processes, and projects More about Jacqueline / Email Jacqueline |
![]() Professor of Energy and Environment UCL Energy Institute Climate focus: the performance gap between theory and practice in building energy efficiency. More on Tadj / Email Tadj |
![]() Professor of Marine Engineering Climate focus: making shipping more environmentally friendly via design, engineering, education and policy More about Alistair / Email Alistair |
![]() Associate Professor of Sustainable Development and Planning Climate focus: social and institutional aspects of climate change in the built environment More about Catalina / Email Catalina |
![]() Professor of Mobility and Sustainable Transport Climate focus: approaches to increasing the use of low carbon transport options More about Helena / Email Helena |
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS
![]() Director UCL East / Professor of Chemical Engineering / Head, Fluidization and Life Cycle Assessment Research Group, Faculty of Engineering Sciences Climate focus: waste management, clean energy and life cycle analysis More about Paola / Email Paola |
![]() Professor of Materials Chemistry & Engineering Climate focus: renewable H2 fuel production and CO2 conversion More about Junwang / Email Junwang |
![]() Associate Professor / Head of UCL Engineering for International Development Centre Climate focus: smart solar and clean cooking solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa More about Priti / Email Priti |
![]() Bartlett Vice Dean Enterprise / Associate Professor, Building Performance Simulation Climate focus: Supporting the retrofit drive to create energy efficient buildings fit for the future More about Rokia / Email Rokia |
![]() Professor of Chemical Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering / Chair in Emerging Battery Technologies Climate focus: low carbon energy storage and conversion including fuel cells and batteries More about Paul / Email Paul |
![]() Professor of Civil Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Leader of CEGE’s Fluid Mechanics Research Group Climate focus: generation of renewable energy from wind and water More about Thorsten / Email Thorsten |
CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION
![]() Professor of Climate Science Climate focus: the role of climate scientists in societal decision making, public policy and public awareness More about Chris / Email Chris |
![]() Professor of Architecture and Urbanism Theme also covered: Built Environment and Transport Climate focus: design research which addresses the threat and the shaping of resilient cities More about CJ / Email CJ |
![]() Professor of Disasters and Health Themes also covered: The Anthropocene, Sustainable Energy Solutions, Climate Justice and Governance Climate focus: Climate change as one important influence among many on resilience and adaptation More about Ilan / Email Ilan |
![]() Professor of Sustainable Heritage Themes also covered: Built environment and transport Climate focus: Applying heritage science to climate change impacts on heritage and information policy More about May / Email May |
![]() Professor of Building Physics and Environment Theme also covered: Climate Resilience and Adaptation Climate focus: healthy and comfortable built environments in the context of a changing climate More about Michael / Email Michael |
![]() Lecturer at UCL Earth Sciences Climate focus: evaluating the potential, limits and risks of solar geoengineering. Co-host of the Challenging Climate podcast. More about Peter / Email Peter |
HUMAN HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE
![]() Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development Climate Focus: led the 2009 and 2014 Lancet Climate Commissions on Climate Change and Health; co-chair of a countdown series of annual Lancet reports to monitor the evolving health profile of climate change More on Anthony / Email Anthony |
![]() Professor of Intensive Care Medicine UCL Dept Medicine Climate focus: climate change and human health; co-chairs Lancet Countdown More about Hugh / Email Hugh |
![]() Professor of Neurology Dept of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy Climate focus: understanding, managing and raising awareness of climate change effects in epilepsy More about Sanjay / Email Sanjay |
![]() Professor of African History and Health Theme also covered: Climate Resilience and Adaptation Climate focus: the history of agrarian systems and nutrition in Africa in relation to health and sustainability More about Megan / Email Megan |
![]() Professor of Public Health Climate focus: low carbon transport policies reducing inequalities and having health-promoting co-benefits More about Jenny / Email Jenny |
![]() Reader in Energy Epidemiology Climate focus: Evaluating climate mitigation in buildings and their impact on indoor environmental conditions associated effects on health More about Ian / Email Ian |
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
![]() Director / Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Climate focus: the economic implications of deep decarbonisation/net zero More on Paul / Email Paul |
![]() Professor of Urban Economic Development Climate focus: the implications of climate change for urban economies More about Le-Yin / Email Le-Yin |
![]() Professor of Energy Economics and Modelling Director UCL Energy Institute Theme also covered: Sustainable Economics and Finance Climate focus: energy-environment-economic modelling, transitions pathways, and interdisciplinary issues in energy economics and policy. More about Neil / Email Neil |
![]() Professor of Energy and Climate Change / Deputy Director UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Climate focus: economics and political economy of energy transition and climate change More about Michael / Email Michael |
![]() Professor of Climate Change Economics School of Construction and Project Management Climate focus: climate change mitigation and adaptation economics and policies in developing countries More about Dabo / Email Dabo |
BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
![]() Professor of Ecology & Biodiversity / Director of the UCL People & Nature Lab, Biosciences Climate focus: impact of climate on rate of spread of human infectious diseases from animals, nature-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation actions. Theme also covered: Response of biodiversity to global land and climate change More about Kate / Email Kate |
![]() Environmental Design Lecturer, The Bartlett School of Architecture Climate focus: Green Infrastructure and nature-based solutions for urban adaptation, mitigation and ecological regeneration. Climate resilience and healthy, equitable, biodiverse futures for all. Email Blanche |
![]() Professor of Natural Prosperity, Sustainable Development and Knowledge Systems, UCL Institute for Global Prosperity Climate focus: Knowledge systems that express the dynamics of our planet, its ecosystems, geophysical processes and interactions that human societies have with the natural world to survive and prosper. More about Jacquie / Email Jacquie |
![]() Senior Research Fellow Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment Climate focus: modelling and understanding risks to biodiversity from ongoing and future climate change More about Alex / Email Alex |
![]() Professor of Evolutionary Biology Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research (CBER) Climate focus: Evolutionary responses to climate change and their effects on ecological resilience More about Jon / Email Jon |
![]() Principal Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment Climate focus: Understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change on biodiversity More about Tim / Email Tim |
![]() Professor of Ecology Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research Climate focus: Impacts on species distributions and ecosystem services More about Richard / Email Richard |
![]() Dean of the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences As Chair of the Sustainability Steering Group, I provide support, advice and enthusiasm from our senior management team. More about Geraint / Email Geraint |
![]() Head of Coordination (SDGs) Developing the UCL Sustainable Development Goal Initiative, which aims to maximise UCL’s impact on the SDGs, including SDG13: Climate Action. Email Simon |
![]() Principal Partnerships Manager (New Technologies, Energy & Engineering) UCL Innovation & Enterprise Andrew helps develop innovation partnerships between UCL and companies or civic partners around technologies. Email Andrew |
![]() Head of Administration Psychology and Languages Sciences (PALS) We can all make a difference to negate the effects of climate change. I’m proud to be part of the PALS Green Team who have consistently shown a major commitment to sustainability. |
![]() Climate Change Project Manager, UCL Climate Action Unit Freya coordinates projects providing scientific expertise to support climate action initiatives in the policymaking, media, and civil society sectors. Email Freya |
![]() Director of Alumni Relations James and colleagues within the Office for the Vice Provost (Advancement) develop alumni and supporter partnerships to fuel the ambitions and impact of UCL. Email James |
![]() I am working to support sustainability action on campus. Email Grace |
![]() Journals Coordinator, UCL Open: Environment UCL Open Environment publishes and showcases the latest and most critical research on all aspects of the Environment. Email Sunbul |
![]() Assistant Sustainability Director UCL I lead Sustainable UCL to embed sustainability across the university’s activities. Email Richard |
![]() Senior Sustainability Manager I’m taking forward UCL’s climate action programmes across energy, travel, resources and engagement. Email Hannah |
![]() Deputy Director, UCL Grand Challenges The Grand Challenges support cross-disciplinary collaborations under a range of societally important themes, adding 'Climate Crisis' in academic year 2023/24. Email James |
![]() Campaign Manager I oversee UCL's climate campaign UCL 'Generation One' Email Jane |
![]() Strategic Research Facilitator UCL Environment Domain Developing multidisciplinary collaborations and enhancing research support via the UCL Environment Domain Email Becca |
![]() Head of Partnerships Public Policy and Grand Challenges Katherine helps build connections between research and policymakers to drive climate action. Email Katherine |
![]() Senior Sustainability Engagement and Communications Officer. I am leading on UCL’s Climate Hub Project management and COP communications strategy. Email Elli |