Topic Advisor Professor Emily Shuckburgh CBE appointed to new Science and Technology Advisory Council

LUNZ Hub Topic Expert Professor Emily Shuckburgh CBE has been appointed to the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC), which met for the first time on Wednesday 9 July 2025. Professor Shuckburgh, who received a CBE for services to Climate Science and to the Public Communication in in King Charles III’s 2025 Birthday Honours, will join a panel of 17 expert advisors on STAC.

STAC has been created to provide robust, scientific, evidence-based information to support key decisions as the UK overhauls its energy system to reach clean power by 2030. The Council is expected to also offer independent viewpoints and cutting-edge research on topics from climate science, energy networks and engineering, to the latest technologies and artificial intelligence.

In addition to her role as Director of Cambridge Zero, the University’s major climate change initiative, Professor Shuckburgh is the co-Director of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration, a LUNZ Hub consortium member organisation. Professor Shuckburgh also holds a role as Principal Investigator and co-Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training on the Application of AI to the study of Environmental Risks.