Whitehall Group members and guests welcomed Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald FREng OBE from the Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge as guest speaker at a lunch on Thursday, 20th March 2025. During lunch (12.30 – 2.30pm) Dr. Fitzgerald OBE discussed ‘Can we freeze the Arctic?‘.
Whitehall Group lunch – Thursday, 20th March 2025 (12.30 – 2.30pm)
Venue: Savile Club, 69 Brook Street, London, W1K 4ER
Speaker: Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald FREng OBE, Centre for Climate Repair / Director of Research, Cambridge Zero, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Subject: ‘Can we freeze the Arctic?’
Dr. Fitzgerald is Director of the Centre for Climate Repair as well as Director of Research for Cambridge Zero and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Shaun works at the interface of academic research, business, government policy and public engagement. He has worked extensively in the commercialisation of new intellectual property arising from university research, and supported the UK government in the re-writing of policy documents for building standards
Before taking up the position as Director of the Centre for Climate Repair he was Director of the Royal Institution, overseeing the programme for engaging the public with science and engineering and prior to that CEO of Breathing Buildings Ltd, a leading technology company pioneering hybrid ventilation systems.
