Gillian Vaisey Memorial Lecture: Responding to Climate Change

What does the latest climate science say? How are climate, nature and societal challenges interconnected? What reductions and adaptations are required? Professor Emily Shuckburgh CBE will cover these and the technological and behavioural options to respond to the climate challenge facing humanity and the planet. 

Please click here to book a ticket – all are welcome. Booking closes on Wednesday 6 May.

The lecture will be given by Professor Emily Shuckburgh CBE. Emily is Director of Cambridge Zero, Professor of Environmental Data Science at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, and a Fellow of Darwin College. Emily is also Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and President-elect of the Royal Meteorological Society.

Newnham College established a lecture series devoted to The Public Understanding of Mathematics and Science, in memory of Gillian Vaisey, who was a Research Fellow in Mathematics at Newnham. This lecture series alternates with our Henry Sidgwick and Jane Harrison Memorial Lectures, as the most prestigious of the College’s annual events within the University.

The Gillian Vaisey series was inaugurated in 2013 by Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, who spoke about “The Highs and Lows of Communicating Statistics with the Public”. In 2017, Dr Eugenia Cheng’s topic was “How to bake Pi: Making Abstract Mathematics Palatable.” In 2022, Professor Julia Gog spoke about “Using Mathematics to Understand Pandemic Strategies”