Mark Maslin FRGS, FRSA is a Professor of Earth System Science at UCL and the Natural History Museum of Denmark. He is joint Pro-Vice-Provost of the UCL Climate Crisis Grand Challenge. UCL is ranked 9th in the world out of 1,300 universities, with 16,000 staff and ￡3 billion of research grants under management. UCL covers all aspects of the climate and environmental crisis and Professor Maslin’s current role is the co-ordinate all this work and engage with external partners to ensure this research and knowledge makes a real difference. Professor Maslin is also Strategy Advisor to Lansons, Net Zero Now, Sheep Inc and CSR Board member of Sopra Steria. He has also been a Specialist Adviser for the UK Parliament on climate change and security. Mark also co-founded and ran an AI GeoAnalytics company Rezatec Ltd from 2012 to 2023. In 2023 Onalytica ranked him the Number One Global Sustainability thought leader and influencer. Professor Maslin is a leading scientist with particular interest in understanding the solutions to climate change and the other major challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. He has published over 200 papers in journals such as Science, Nature, and The Lancet. He has received research, consultancy and training funding worth over ￡75m from government, charities, NGOs and the private sector. Mark has written 10 books and over 100 popular articles ? with his contributions on The Conversation have been read nearly 6 million times. He regularly appears on radio and television, including BBC One David Attenborough’s ‘Climate Change: the facts.’ His books include ‘Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction’ (2021), ‘The Cradle of Humanity’ (2019), ‘The Human Planet’ with Simon Lewis (2018/2022) and his latest book is ‘How to save our planet: the facts’ (2021).