The UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has appointed Professor Emily Shuckburgh as its new Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA).
She is currently the Director of Cambridge Zero – the University of Cambridge’s major climate change initiative – and Professor of Environmental Data Science at the Department of Computer Science and Technology.
Professor Shuckburgh will join DESNZ from 3rd November 2025, succeeding Professor Paul Monks who has concluded his five-year term in the role.
She was awarded an OBE in 2016 and a CBE in 2015 and has also co-authored ‘A Ladybird Book on Climate Change’ with HM King Charles III and Tony Juniper.
Professor Shuckburgh said: “It’s a great honour to join the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as Chief Scientific Adviser at a time when scientific evidence is so crucial to informing the UK’s response to the twin challenges of climate change and energy security.”
The CSA delivers independent and impartial science and engineering advice to ministers and policymakers across the DESNZ policy and delivery portfolio and Clean Energy Superpower Mission.
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