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Gabrielle Walker
Dr Gabrielle Walker
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at CUR8 and Co-Founder of Rethinking Removals
Gabrielle has dodged icebergs and pulled fresh lava from a volcano. She's one of few strategists equipped to focus on the nexus between scientific, economic and political aspects of climate change, and how businesses achieve responsible resource-efficient growth. The ex-Princeton academic uncovers the latest research data and offers leadership tools to bring stakeholders and customers on board. She also explores how the circular economy affects investment, reputation and long-term risk.
Speaking Topics
- Energy & Sustainability
- Science
- Strategy
Biography
Dr Gabrielle Walker is the co-founder of CUR8 and Rethinking Removals. She is an expert strategist, speaker, and writer, helping businesses to address global challenges, with a focus on sustainability and climate change. She is a TED speaker and has a strong background in building new narratives and engagement across a wide range of sectors.
Gabrielle works at boardroom-level with a broad set of global companies to analyse emerging global trends, challenge conventional thinking and turn analysis into meaningful action. She is the co-founder of two organisations aiming to accelerate action in the confused but vital area of carbon removals and figure out how to do them right: non-profit Rethinking Removals (working in partnership with the UNFCCC Climate Champions) and for-profit CUR8.
She gives keynote addresses to corporate audiences around the world and is an accomplished moderator of high-level debates, guiding panels involving global CEOs, former heads of state, government ministers, military generals, and global humanitarian leaders.
Gabrielle has presented TV and radio programs for the BBC. She has been Climate Change Editor at Nature, and Features Editor at New Scientist, and has written extensively for many international newspapers and magazines, including The Economist, Prospect, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
Gabrielle is author of four books including co-authoring the bestselling book The Hot Topic, how to avoid global warming while still keeping the lights on, which was described by Al Gore as “a beacon of clarity” and by The Times as “a material gain for the axis of good”. She has a PhD from Cambridge University and has taught at Cambridge and Princeton.
A self-confessed “ice addict” Gabrielle has made more than a dozen trips to both poles. She has also climbed trees in the Amazon rainforest, swum with piranhas, been sneezed on by a humpback whale, hooked lava out of a live volcano, and flown in zero gravity.
Excellent and thought provoking. She clearly researched what we do and was very good at reflecting that back at us.
Incredibly engaging, just right to set people up for a day of learning. Her message was strong yet hopeful, and tailored perfectly to the audience. I had a lot of positive comments afterwards from delegates, in particular just how engrossed they were in what she was saying. She was also a true professional and a joy to work with.
A powerful contribution to ABTA's Travel Convention, Gabrielle forcefully yet sympathetically stressed the immediacy of the climate challenge facing us all.
Her energy, passion and deep knowledge on this topic set the scene beautifully. She kept the panel members on point and drove a valuable conversation that convinced many in the audience that ESG is no longer an alternative investment philosophy. Rather, it provides a holistic approach to help clients achieve their financial goals while also having a positive impact on society. We highly recommend Gabrielle as an impactful speaker who is able to drive positive change with urgency. What a good decision she was!
Gabrielle is an inspirational and engaging speaker who is a pleasure to work with and expertly weaves audience-specific content into her narrative. ESG matters are a priority for our clients and her presentation on climate change was not only arresting and shocking in parts but also delivered ideas for positive actions that our audience could implement to be part of a possible solution. The feedback from our audience has been extremely positive and we would thoroughly recommend Gabrielle for anyone considering a speaker on this subject.
The comments that we received back, both on the day and subsequently, have been extremely positive, both about what you said, and how you presented. I have been particularly impressed by the fact that some other clients, from whom we have seen little interest so far in such matters, were interested, engaged and appreciative of your presentation.
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