5:30pm - 8pm GMT
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Roland Clift Lecture 2026: Using nature-based solutions to tackle the climate change and biodiversity crises
We are delighted to welcome our keynote speaker, Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland,UK), Science Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of Expertise (ClimateXChange) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing, PR China).
Free
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
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About the speaker: Professor Pete Smith
Professor Pete Smith's interests include climate change mitigation, soils, agriculture, food systems, ecosystem services modelling and nature-based solutions.
He has been a convening lead author on many reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Scientists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, a Fellow of the European Science Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (London).
We are looking forward to welcoming Professor Pete Smith to give his talk entitled:
'Using nature-based solutions to tackle the climate change and biodiversity crises.'
There will be pre-event refreshments available, followed by the keynote and a panel Q&A with the audience.
About the series
The Roland Clift Lecture Series is one of the University of Surrey's most prestigious series, presented each year by a different speaker who discusses aspects involving environment and sustainability.
Find out more about the series and watch previous lectures.
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