Introducing 'King's Comment,' a new series of quarterly bulletins focusing on major issues from the world of science, written by Professor Sir David King, Senior Scientific Advisor to UBS.
Sir David advises UBS on all scientific matters with specific emphasis on global climate change and the challenges it poses to sustainable economic growth. Our clients from around the world benefit from Sir David's expertise and now, with 'King's Comment', readers can get further insight into a variety of timely scientific topics.
Download the most recent bulletin in this series,
'The transition to low carbon mobility'.
Sir David King is Senior Scientific Advisor to UBS and the Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. He was the UK Government's Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government Office of Science from October 2000 to December 2007.
During that time, Sir David raised the profile of the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the new GBP1bn Energy Technologies Institute. As Director of the Government's Foresight Programme, he created an in-depth horizon scanning process which advised government on a wide range of long term issues, from flooding to obesity and has advised the government on issues including: the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic 2001; post 9/11 risks to the UK; GM foods; energy provision; and innovation and wealth creation.
