Jason Lowe

Principal Fellow and Head of Climate Services at Met Office and University of Leeds

Speaker

Professor Jason A. Lowe OBE is a Principal Fellow and Head of Climate Services for Government at the Met Office, and Chair in Interdisciplinary Climate Research in the Priestley Centre at the University of Leeds.

Jason has over 20 years of experience as a climate researcher and research leader, contributing to scientific journal publications on a diverse range of subjects relevant to both climate mitigation and adaptation. His expertise includes: selection and design of climate scenarios, climate impacts, tipping points and high impact events, earth system modelling, sea-level rise, interfacing of IAM and climate models, risk assessment, climate services and application of climate data to real-world sectors including infrastructure.

Jason led the UKCP18 project, which developed innovative climate scenarios for the UK and have been used in the 3^rd National Adaptation Programme. He is leading the project to provide an updated set of national climate information, UKCI, which will deliver in 2028.

Internationally, Jason has contributed to all three working groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and many UN climate reports. He regularly provides advice to Government and other stakeholders on climate variability and change.

A recent focus has been to provide information and guidance on climate change to the finance sector. He works closely with the Climate Financial Risk Forum, and he recently joined the new NGFS Scenario Technical Advisory Group. He co-directed the project to update the independent assessment technical report for the 4^th UK national climate change risk assessment.