This will be a hybrid event, with the opportunity for Imperial staff and students to attend at one of two campus locations (South Kensington and Silwood Park).

In-Person

• South Kensington Campus – (Business School) ICBS 300 – LT3

• Silwood Park Campus – Fisher Seminar Room, Hamilton Building

Online

External guests are invited to join the seminar remotely on zoom here.

Meeting ID: 946 9782 1890

Passcode: CPSnbs112!

Find your local number: https://imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/u/advFVfspXE 

COVID19 control measures for in-person attendees (Imperial staff and students only)

• If you feel unwell, please do not attend the event, and let us know so we can re-allocate your ticket.

• Please follow College guidance for face coverings when on campus and moving around buildings: COVID-19 – updates and guidance

• College staff and students should have a weekly lateral flow or PCR test before the event via the College: PCR testing scheme or LFD Collect

-or-

• College staff and students attending confirm their vaccination status via the College system: Self-isolation exemption for close contacts via vaccination declaration

About Nathalie Seddon

Nathalie Seddon is Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford, Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative and co-lead of the Biodiversity and Society Programme at the Oxford Martin School.

Nathalie trained as an evolutionary ecologist at Cambridge University and has over 20 years of research experience in a range of ecosystems across the globe. As a University Research Fellow of the Royal Society, she developed broad research interests in understanding the origins and maintenance of biodiversity and its relationship with global change. Her work now focuses on determining the ecological and socioeconomic effectiveness of Nature-based Solutions to societal challenges, and how to increase the influence of robust biodiversity science on the design and implementation of climate and development policy.

Nathalie advises governments, UN agencies, and businesses on Nature-based Solutions and is a Friend of COP26, i.e. one of around 30 global experts currently advising the UK government on its Presidency of the UNFCCC’s climate change conference, COP26.

About the seminar series

The Changing Planet seminar series is run by students and staff on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet (SSCP) Doctoral Training Program. It offers the chance to hear the latest in understanding, adapting to and mitigating environmental problems, complementing the diversity of environmental research at Imperial College London and beyond.

Please be aware that our seminars are recorded. If you do not wish to appear on the recording please alert a member of staff. For any further inquiries regarding the Changing Planet seminar series, please contact Anne Houston or Hana Amer.

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