Each year, a distinguished speaker is invited to deliver the Grantham Annual Lecture to business- leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, students and the public.

Read how some of these past speakers reflect on ten years of environmental and climate action achievements, and catch up with their lectures at imperial.ac.uk/grantham

Congratulations to the Grantham Institute on its tenth year in pursuit of a worthy goal of sustainable, resilient, zero carbon society.

AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 2017 ANNUAL LECTURER

I was honoured to give the 8th Grantham Lecture, I loved that so many students attended as they are our hope to motivate future generations to challenge and injustice.

MARY ROBINSON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND 2015 ANNUAL LECTURER

It was an honour and pleasure to address the Grantham Institute due to its significance and all the people that contribute to its greatness.

HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO Grantham Institute’s 2018 ANNUAL LECTURER tenth anniversary year The work that is being done by the Grantham Institute is absolutely key because it will keep Celebrating the past and looking to the future countries moving forward understanding that decarbonisation is actually a huge opportunity.

CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, FORMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 2016 ANNUAL LECTURER

The Grantham Institute promotes inter-disciplinary The Grantham Institute’s vision is for a working to meet some of the greatest challenges faced by society. Over ten years, the Institute has built up sustainable, resilient, zero-carbon society successful programmes that drive forward discovery, convert innovations into applications, train future leaders The Institute seeks to achieve its vision by working and communicate academic knowledge to businesses, in the following ways: industry and policymakers to help shape their decisions.

Train Innovate Inform Research Connect Lead Empower future leaders Accelerate Cleantech Communicate knowledge Initiate, develop and support Foster new collaborations Generate thought leadership through postgraduate training innovation and low-carbon to help inform and shape multidisciplinary research on and networks at Imperial on key research and programmes business start-ups decision-making climate change and environment and beyond societal issues

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In 2007, the Grantham Foundation for Over the next decade, as the international the Protection of the Environment made community strives to reduce greenhouse gas 2015 2018 the visionary decision to support an Institute emissions and promote economic growth, Deprived and ethnic His Serene Highness minority areas are the Prince Albert II of Monaco at to provide a centre environmental health and a decent standard worst affected by air delivered the Grantham pollution within the UK, Annual Lecture 2018 on of excellence for research and education on of living for all, we will contribute to, and lead according to a new study how climate change is climate change. Today, the Grantham Institute on the efforts needed to meet these ambitions. by Imperial researchers a threat to our oceans is established as a leading authority on climate “Now is the time Four new Grantham for climate justice,” Lecturers appointed and environmental science. To find out more and get involved with says Mary Robinson, in chemistry, physics, President of the Mary environmental policy our work, visit imperial.ac.uk/grantham Robinson Foundation and earth science 550 – Climate Justice and 2.0 former Irish president Greener Futures Zone at the 2015 Grantham at Imperial Festival Grantham Institute milestones Annual Lecture introduces the public to the latest inventions Imperial appoints three from Imperial’s labs and new Grantham Lecturers start-ups to strengthen links in economics, physics and public health research

Academics at Imperial establish multi- disciplinary networks to solve challenges of ocean 2014 plastics and air pollution

Grantham Institute is Imperial launches Centre part of a new research for Cleantech Innovation, programme to inform led by Grantham Institute UK Government Innovation Director policymakers about 2017 Professor Richard Templer climate change, AVOID 2 Al Gore, former Vice Imperial researchers President of the United “It is within our power contribute to UK States, delivered the to eradicate poverty, Government analysis Grantham Annual eliminate disease and of ways to reduce Lecture 2017, saying create a fairer world. the greenhouse “I believe we will solve But all that depends on gas emissions from the climate crisis, our ability to respond to 2013 heavy industries 2016 but we must act with climate change,” says greater urgency” Paul Polman, CEO of The 2013 Annual Christiana Figueres, Unilever Plc, at the 2014 Lecture is given by Executive Secretary Expect the unexpected: Annual Lecture Professor Thomas of the UN Framework The disruptive 500 Stocker, University of Convention on Climate power of low-carbon 1.9 Bern, Switzerland and Natural Environment Change (UNFCCC), calls technology, a Co-chair of IPCC WGI, Research Council awards for investors to take collaboration between who warns that the Imperial £8 million to risks that benefit the Grantham Institute chance to keep global train 75 PhD students environment and global and Carbon Tracker, warming below the safe over five years in Science poverty, at the Grantham was featured in over and Solutions for a 2011 2012 level of 2°C is rapidly Annual Lecture 2016 500 stories in media disappearing Changing Planet Doctoral outlets worldwide Training Partnership Grantham Institute Imperial and Climate- Imperial Festival gets researchers publish over KIC launch Cleantech The Grantham the public involved Grantham Institute Atmospheric physicist 100 peer-reviewed papers Accelerator programme Institute hosts the with energy and launches science in Professor Joanna to fund low-carbon start- inaugural meeting of environmental science the City series, which Haigh and glaciologist The 2011 Annual ups and business ideas the Earth League, a in a zone curated by the deliver talks by Imperial Professor Martin Siegert Lecture, given by Martin voluntary alliance of Grantham Institute academics at London

succeed Brian Hoskins GDP (£trillion) Wolf, Associate Editor “Good weather scientists addressing city firms as Co-Directors of the and Chief Economics forecasting saved earth science and “Optimism and strong Grantham Institute Commentator at the America tens of billions of sustainability challenges leadership are needed to First graduates from joint Financial Times, London, dollars’ worth of damage tackle climate change,” Master’s programme with looks at the limits on to property during super- The Grantham Institute say experts at the Imperial College Business growth and resources storm Sandy,” says Dr signs Climate Week Imperial College Business School in Climate under climate change John P. Holdren, Assistant Declaration, urging School and Grantham Change, Management to the President for action on energy Institute conference, and Finance Dr Fatih Birol, Chief Science and Technology, efficiency and carbon Mobilising Business, emissions (megatonnes per year) per (megatonnes emissions 2 Economist (now Director) Director of the White emissions for the UK Acting on Climate CO of the International House Office of Science Energy Agency, and Technology Policy at Grantham Institute presents findings from the 2012 Annual Lecture engages visitors to the influential World help solve the ocean Energy Outlook report Imperial researchers find plastic problem at the 2008 at Imperial, discussing that plants on land may Royal Society Summer implications for the be able to absorb more Science Exhibition with Renowned global energy sector carbon dioxide emissions ‘Plastic’s not fantastic and climate scientist from human activity than in our ocean’ Professor Sir Brian previously thought 450 Television naturalist 1.8 Hoskins becomes the Sir David Attenborough first Director of the visits the Grantham 2007 Grantham Institute 2009 2010 Institute to meet and Key inspire PhD students Donation agreed by Professor Sir Brian Climate Knowledge Professor Chris Rapley, This graph illustrates how Grantham Foundation Hoskins and Imperial and Innovation then Director of the Secretary of state for economic growth is no for the Protection of professors Jim Skea, Communities (Climate- Science Museum, calls Energy and Climate longer bound to increasing the Environment Michael Grubb and KIC) is established at for humankind to urgently Change, Rt Hon Chris greenhouse gas emissions, Lord Robert May are the European Institute of respond to evidence Huhne, sets out UK as it had been throughout appointed as founding Innovation & Technology that climate change is Government’s intention most of the 20th Century. members of the following a successful happening, at the 2010 to reduce carbon It plots UK Gross Domestic independent Committee proposal led by the Annual Lecture emissions at Imperial Product (pale line) alongside on Climate Change Grantham Institute College Business UK carbon dioxide emissions established under the Imperial partners with School and Grantham (darker line) since 2007. Climate Change Act The 2009 Annual Lecture Sainsbury’s to reduce the Institute conference, is given by Professor carbon footprint of future Changing Gear on CO emissions Wally Broecker, Columbia supermarket stores Carbon Reduction 2 (megatonnes per year) University, who warns about shifting rainfall A major new study led GDP patterns under a by Professor Joanna (£trillions) changing climate Haigh dispels the theory that global warming is First Grantham Institute linked to solar activity, briefing paper explains by showing that a decline the future potential in the Sun’s activity does for solar energy not always mean that the technologies for a non- Earth becomes cooler technical audience

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Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change Act, convene for the UN Climate contributing $30bn to reaches seven concentration of CO2 in the Assessment Report says temperatures have in renewable energy of energy generate coal for a for a record- on Climate Change mandating 80% cut in Change Conference in help developing countries billion people atmosphere at the Mauna scientists are 95% certain risen 1°C since before in 2016 doubles that more electricity than breaking three days (IPCC) publishes its overall greenhouse gases Copenhagen, but fail “green” their economies Loa Observatory surpasses that humans are the industrialisation in fossil fuels coal and gas in Great Fourth Assessment compared to 1990 levels to negotiate binding and adapt to the impacts of 400 ppm for the first time “dominant cause” of global Britain for the first time International Renewable Report having concluded by 2015 agreements climate change. Developed 2012 since measurements began warming since the 1950s 196 countries sign the Sea levels have risen on Energy Agency (IRENA) that global climate countries pledge to in 1958 Scientists record the Paris Agreement aimed average 3.3mm per year China launches its national reports that renewable change is “very likely” contribute $100bn per Keeling project at the China overtakes the US greatest summertime Researchers find to limit global warming since 1993, according to a carbon trading scheme, energy will be consistently to have a predominantly year by 2020 to address Mauna Loa Observatory as the world’s biggest shrinking of Arctic sea collapse of the West to less than 2°C 2016 study the largest in the world, cheaper than fossil fuels human cause the pressing mitigation in Hawaii shows that CO2 greenhouse gas emitter ice since measurements Antarctic ice sheet is where emitters can buy and by 2020 and adaptation needs of concentrations have risen – although the US began in 1979. Coverage irreversible and will bring The UN publishes Earth Day 2016 sees 170 sell emission credits Nobel Peace Prize goes from 315 parts per million remains well ahead on developing countries meters of sea-level rise is just 3.41 million sq km 15 Sustainable countries officially sign up CO2 levels in Earth’s to Albert Gore, Jr, and (ppm) in 1958 to 380ppm a per-capita basis (1.32 million sq mi) over future centuries Development Goals to the Paris Agreement, “A atmosphere reach highest the United Nations in 2008 targeting a broad range great moment – one to be level in 800,000 years Intergovernmental Panel on EU emissions fall 20% of social and economic savoured!” says Professor Climate Change (IPCC) The EU’s Emissions Trading since 1990, meeting the development issues Sir Brian Hoskins System (ETS), the largest target of the ETS six years UN Climate Change emissions trading scheme earlier than planned Conference in Bali in the world, enters mandates “deep cuts Phase II, expanding the in global emissions” by number of countries and 189 signatory countries sectors it covers

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