Professor Emily Shuckburgh

Director at Cambridge Zero

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Director, Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge
Professor of Environmental Data Science
Associate Fellow of the Centre for Science and Policy

Professor Emily Shuckburgh is a world-leading climate scientist and science communicator. She is also Professor of Environmental Data Science at the Department of Computer Science and Technology and leads the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training on the Application of AI to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER).

She is a Fellow of Darwin College, a Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Science and Policy, a Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.

Click here for Emily's full biography.

Craig Bennett

The Wildlife Trusts
Simon Sharpe

World Resources Institute
Sophie Odenthal

Financial Stability Group, HM Treasury
Dr Stuart Wainwright

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
David Bent- Hazelwood

Atelier of What’s Next
Katrina Williams

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Dr Craig Davies

Cadlas
Tim Leeder

Aerotek Aviation Engineering Ltd
Howard Covington

The Alan Turing Institute
Dr Colin Church

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
Dr Simon Gardner

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Mr Philip Langsdale

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Ross Gribbin

Imperial College Health Partners
Gordon McGregor

Ashburn Energy Ltd
Dr Chris McFee

RDH Resilience
Dr Gary Kass

The Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)

  • 24 June 2025, 10am

    CSaP Annual Conference 2025

    Our annual conference is designed for an audience of researchers and policy professionals working in government, industry and the third sector, and for anyone who has an interest in the role of research evidence to inform policy making.

  • 18 January 2024, 5:30pm

    2024 Christ's Climate Lecture: On nature, biodiversity and climate - Sir Patrick Vallance

    The 2024 Christ's College Climate lecture was given by Sir Patrick Vallance, Chair of The Natural History Museum, and former Chief Scientific Adviser. His lecture explores the inextricably linked challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change.

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  • In news articles

    Sustainable finance, risk and transition to clean technology

    CSaP in collaboration with Professor Charles Kennel, Director Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, delivered the 2022 series of climate change seminars hosted by Christ’s College, Cambridge. The first focused on sustainable finance, risk, and the transition to clean technology. It was chaired by Emily Farnworth, Co-Director, Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Engagement, with two panellists: Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO, Liebreich Associates, and Emily Shuckburgh, Director of Cambridge Zero at University of Cambridge.

  • In news articles

    Life in the Anthropocene

    CSaP’s Horn Fellows hosted an evening event for academics and policy makers, in conjunction with Cambridge Zero. Howard Covington, Chair of the Alan Turing Institute, discussed the history of the Anthropocene, an unofficial term for the geological period we are currently living in, and his projections for the future.

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