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5th Meeting of the 202nd Session (2022-2023)
Professor Pete Smith
On Monday 27th February 2023, at 7pm
Soils are under our feet all of the time, but we rarely turn our thoughts downwards to consider the role that they play in supporting life on Earth. Well managed soils are responsible for providing us with clean air and water, the food we eat, pharmaceuticals, building materials, supporting biodiversity, helping us to tackle climate change and they underpin some of our most treasured landscapes. But soil degradation is widespread and increasing. We must look after our soils to ensure that they can continue to look after us.
Pete Smith is Professor of Soils and Global Change at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK) and Science Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of Expertise (ClimateXChange). His interests include climate change mitigation, soils, agriculture, food systems, ecosystem services modelling and nature-based solutions.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Scientists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, a Fellow of the European Science Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (London).
This is a change to the previously advertised programme.