Climate change: A closer look at the challenge and solutions

Alyssa Gilbert is the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London where she leads Imperial’s climate change and sustainability innovation activities, linking innovative students, staff and alumni to opportunities to make a difference. She is the Director of Undaunted, a collaborative climate innovation activity between Imperial and the Royal Institution. Alyssa is the co- founder and co-chair of the UK Universities Climate Network, which was formed to bring together UK academic expertise on climate change ahead of the international climate negotiations, COP26, in November 2021. She is part of the One Planet Advisory Council, a group of sustainability experts, created by Insider to advise on climate coverage. Alyssa is also co-convening a new 2024 Master’s programme on Cleantech Innovation, designed to educate budding climate innovators and create revolutionary cleantech solutions. Previously Alyssa was the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute. Prior to joining the university, she worked at a specialist energy and climate consultancy for nearly 12 years on a range of climate change mitigation and adaptation topics. Alyssa has worked with many local, national and international organisations on climate change activities. She has also been a member of the Natural Environment Council’s Advisory Network.