CBE was appointed Chair of the London Climate Change Partnership in February 2013. On being appointed the new Chair of the Partnership, Professor Rapley said:
“I am excited at the opportunity to work with the LCCP partners to ensure that London is the most “climate-robust” city in the world. The aim is not just to protect Londoners and our thousand year heritage, but to have London recognised worldwide as THE secure location in which to invest reputation, finance and jobs.”
is Professor of Climate Science at University College London. He is a Fellow of St Edmund’s College Cambridge, a visiting Professor at Imperial College London, a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, a member of the Academia Europaea, and a member of the European Space Agency Director General’s high level advisory committee on science strategy. His previous posts include Director of the Science Museum London, Director of the British Antarctic Survey, and Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Before that Prof Rapley had established and built up the Earth Observation satellite group at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory. His research was in the fields of space astronomy and Earth remote sensing from space. Throughout his career Professor Rapley has been active in the international leadership of science, for example as President of the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, and as Chair of the planning group for the International Polar Year 2007-2008. His current interests are in the communication of climate science, and the psychology of climate dismissal. was awarded the 2008 Edinburgh Science Medal for having made ‘a significant contribution to the understanding and wellbeing of humanity’.
was appointed manager of the London Climate Change Partnership in November 2015 after ten years at Climate South East, where she held the posts of program assistant and coordinator/director. In 2011 she co-founded Climate UK and took on the chairmanship of its board of directors. She has a particular interest in supporting adaptive capacity, helping organisations to formulate and share effective responses to the challenges presented by climate change. She previously worked as a Senior Researcher on political rights, civil liberties and press freedom at Freedom House in New York.
is Chief Executive Officer of London Sustainability Exchange; a groundbreaking voluntary organization supporting the delivery of London as the most sustainable world city. She is a member and former co-chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission and also sits on the Stratford City Environmental Review panel. Her experience includes ten years in London politics, eight years in academia and research and ten years in civil engineering. For further information see the LSx Partner page
is the Regional Climate Change Programme Manager in the South East Region of the Environment Agency. He has been involved in climate change issues for more than fifteen years and contributed to the IPCC 4th assessment report and the UKCP09 projections report. He was a founder member of the LCCP, steering the initial setting up of the partnership. For further information see the Environment Agency Partner page
After studying Freshwater Biology at Liverpool University and Aquatic Resource Management at Kings College London, Charlie joined the Environment Agency working in Head Office within the Water Quality team.
She is now the Environment, Planning and Engagement Manager for the Environment Agency in London. The team works closely with London stakeholders and organisations to build strong, lasting relationships. Through early engagement and partnership working the team helps ensures London is a world class city with high quality environment for those who live, work and visit it. For further information see the Environment Agency’s partner page
is Professor at Department of Meteorology and member of Walker Institute and SustBE. Her expertise is in Urban Meteorology and Climate: observation and modelling of surface-atmosphere exchanges; development and evaluation of urban land-surface models that can be used for investigating adaptation strategies; development and controls on the urban boundary layer. For further information see the University of Reading Partner page
chairs the London Environment Coordinators Forum (LECF) and is Bromley Council’s Environment Development Manager, where he leads on implementing sustainability initiatives. For further information, see the LECF Partner page.
is a Chartered Environmentalist and Full Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). At Sustainable Homes he has carried out over 50 full sustainability assessments of social landlords using the SHIFT standard. He has also facilitated the design of housing stock energy efficiency improvement strategies using the CROHM format. Other consultancy work includes calculating and making recommendations for improvement of office carbon emissions and business fleet emissions. In addition, he is an experienced Code for Sustainable Homes assessor.
has trained and qualified over 300 Code for Sustainable Homes assessors as well as trained building professionals on Housing Quality Indicators and sustainable refurbishment. For further information see the Sustainable Homes Partner page.
is the Technical Director for Adaptation Science at UKCIP. He is also LWEC’s Climate Adaptation Fellow an Adjunct Research Fellow within the Centre for Environment and Population Health at Griffith University, a Senior Research Fellow at LSE and a Research Fellow as Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. For further information see the UKCIP Partner page
coordinates TfL’s environmental management activities. She brings together common programmes and reports on performance by a wide range of TfL departments and professionals. was responsible for delivering the TfL’s weather-related risk review in 2011 and produced the report for the Defra Adaptation Reporting Power. For further information see the TfL Partner page
has a strong background in managing charities and turning them into profitable and thriving organisations. She has worked as Chief Executive at London Community Resource Network and Community Network. Prior Pat will build on the Thames Estuary Partnership work of raising awareness of issues affecting the Thames and ensure that the many voices in the Estuary continue to be represented. For further information see the Thames Estuary Partnership page
is the Director of BRE’s Centre for Resilience, he has had a long career at BRE starting in 1989. He is well qualified in the area of resilience related to buildings and the built environment. He has led major international research projects as well as nationally important projects related to climate change and flood resilience.
He is currently leading a multi-partner Innovate-UK project to develop a central database of flood resilient properties. He is also leading the development of a flood resilient repair demonstration, based at the BRE Innovation Parks. For further information see the BRE Partner page
is Executive, Emerging Risks and Research at Lloyd’s. The team is responsible for research and scenario development concerning risks which are highly uncertain, yet which could generate major impacts.
Prior to joining Lloyd’s, worked for over 10 years as a natural hazards and GIS consultant, alongside working at the UCL Hazard Centre, where she maintains an honorary Research Associate post. has contributed to a number of books on the use of technology and online systems pre, during, and post-disaster, and has been involved in research across regions and hazards: from volcanic risks at Mt Rainier, to water security issues in the Himalayas. maintains an interest in the integration of scientific knowledge to business applications, and connecting knowledge to people, and people to knowledge. For further information, see Lloyds Risk Insights.
CBE LVO was Chair of the London Climate Change Partnership for two full terms and continues to actively promote the work of the Partnership.
is President of Young Epilepsy, Chairman of Heart of the City, Non-Executive Director of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Non-Executive Director of Camelot and Vice Chairman of Motability.
was a member of the Board of KPMG and the Senior Partner of its London office until the end of 2001. Between 1999 and 2004 he was a member of the Government’s Advisory Committee for Business and the Environment. He formerly held the post of Chair of the Royal Society of Arts and non-executive director of NHS London.
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