Chris Skidmore

Chris Skidmore OBE is a Salata Climate Action Fellow at Harvard University's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, where he focuses on energy transition challenges in the digital economy. A former UK Member of Parliament (2010-2024) and Minister for Energy and Clean Growth (2015-2020), he signed the UK's net zero target into law in 2019, making the UK the first G7 nation to adopt this goal.

His research examines energy, cooling, and grid-integration challenges in the rapidly growing digital economy while developing new sustainability narratives. He collaborates with faculty on internationally applicable sector decarbonization roadmaps for transition finance, emphasizing economic opportunity and energy security within net zero frameworks.

His notable recognition includes:

• OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)

Skidmore led the UK government's 2022 Independent Net Zero Review, producing the influential "Mission Zero" report with 129 implementation recommendations. He currently chairs the Working Group on Policy for the UK Transition Finance Council. No information is available regarding student supervision or specific research grants in the provided text.

He operates within Harvard's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, an interdisciplinary hub supporting high-risk climate research initiatives and facilitating new climate-focused projects across Harvard's scholarly community.