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confirming his view that "on a global and geological scale that climate change is the most serious problem we are faced with this century", and illustrated it with a statement that "Fifty-five million years ago was a time when there was no ice on the earth; the
Antarctic was the most habitable place
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February 2009, King is quoted as saying that "future historians might look back on our particular recent past and see the Iraq war as the first of the conflicts of this kind – the first of the resource wars" and that this was "certainly the view" (that the invasion was motivated by a desire to
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reported that King had at a later event compared current and projected carbon dioxide levels with the record over the past 60 million years, and in an indirect quote suggested King implied that
Antarctica was likely to be the world's "only" habitable continent by the end of this century if global
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From 2008 to 2012, King was
Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. He was also a Fellow of University College, Oxford, from 2009 to 2012. He was President of Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin, Italy, from 2008 to 2011, and was Chancellor of the
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process which advised government on a wide range of long-term issues, from flooding to obesity. He also chaired the government's Global
Science and Innovation Forum from its inception. King advised the government on issues including:
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In April 2008, King joined UBS, a Swiss investment bank, as senior science advisor. He left UBS to return to the UK government when he was appointed the
Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change in September 2013.
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King was born on 12 August 1939 in South Africa, son of Arnold Tom Wallis King, of
Johannesburg, director of a paint company, and Patricia Mary Bede, née Vardy. His elder brother, Michael Wallis King (born 1937), was director of the
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College, Cambridge. He moved from St John's when he was elected Master of Downing College, Cambridge, in 1995. He stepped down as Master in 2000, and was then a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 2001 to 2008.
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During his tenure as Chief
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By his first marriage, which ended in divorce, King has two sons. In 1983, he married, secondly, charity administrator and former head of a commercial law team, Jane
Margaret, daughter of
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King became head of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group in 2021, basing public meetings on a similar format to Independent SAGE, and publishing reports advising emission cuts and
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that the programme was unfair and had not given a chance to clarify was upheld, despite Channel 4's arguments that King was not named and had not challenged earlier reporting.
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newspaper in February 2007 "he agreed that organic food was no safer than chemically-treated food" and openly supported a study by the
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Owen, N. A.; Inderwildi, O. R.; King, D. A. (2010). "The status of conventional world oil reserves—Hype or cause for concern?".
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King, D.; Wells, M. (1972). "Molecular beam investigation of adsorption kinetics on bulk metal targets: Nitrogen on tungsten".
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I see climate change as the greatest challenges facing Britain and the World in the 21st century
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ridiculed the reported view of the "chief scientist"; King's complaint to
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The hot topic: how to tackle global warming and still keep the lights on
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The Hot Topic: how to tackle global warming and still keep the lights on
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for what he saw as its failures in climate change policy, saying it is "
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and subsequent effect on the developing world. He strongly supports
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might approach sooner than expected. Moreover, he has criticised
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Members of the University of Cambridge Department of Chemistry
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Inderwildi, O. R.; King, D. A. (2009). "Quo vadis biofuels?".
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warming remains unchecked. At the end of the 2007 programme "
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from October 2000 to 31 December 2007, under prime ministers
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from 2000 to 2007. He was then senior scientific adviser to
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1737:"Global warming documentary: The Ofcom report at a glance"
1904:"David King: The nuclear option is scientific necessity"
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Environmental Audit Select Committee (30 March 2004).
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Honorary Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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failing to take up the challenge of global warming"
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1283:King, D. (2007). "Foresight report on obesity".
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531:and was instrumental in creating the £1 billion
2116:"Jane Lichtenstein:'I wasn't trying to escape'"
948: ed.). Oxford: A & C Black.
366:Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
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2421:Sir David King: Building a Sustainable Future
2319:Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
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671:. He promotes the CCAG's 4R planet pathway:
380:of the University of Liverpool (2010–2013).
348:. While at Cambridge, he was successively a
1377:"UBS hires former UK chief science adviser"
1061:. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020.
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2201:King, David; Walker, Gabrielle (2009).
2175:Lichtenstein, Jonathan (2 April 2019).
1818:"About | Climate Crisis Advisory Group"
1134:"Home - News - University of Liverpool"
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2797:Fellows of Queens' College, Cambridge
2752:Masters of Downing College, Cambridge
1842:Randerson, James (13 February 2009).
819:American Academy of Arts and Sciences
774:King is a Distinguished Supporter of
610:He strongly supports the work of the
387:to the UK Government and Head of the
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2837:Academics of Imperial College London
2141:"Order of the British Empire, Civil"
1190:Highfield, Roger (11 October 2007).
691:against inevitable climate impacts.
465:University's Department of Chemistry
2411:'Profile: Professor Sir David King'
1716:from the original on 17 August 2010
1326:King, D. A.; Thomas, S. M. (2007).
954:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U23112
901:Oliver Inderwildi, Sir David King,
368:from 2008 to 2012, and a Fellow of
1965:Energy & Environmental Science
1328:"Big lessons for a healthy future"
1207:"The scientific impact of nations"
1192:"Nobel prize for superficial work"
894:Sir David King, Gabrielle Walker,
885:. They have a son and a daughter.
683:(GHGs) already in the atmosphere;
458:Association of University Teachers
27:South African-born British chemist
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2394:BBC's biography of Sir David King
1635:"Global warming 'biggest threat'"
1573:"Global warming 'biggest threat'"
1108:"Collegio Aperto: Sir David King"
376:in Turin, Italy (2008–2011), and
1902:King, David (16 December 2005).
650:The Great Global Warming Swindle
574:In May 2020, in response to the
424:, an all-boys private school in
330:1920 Chair of Physical Chemistry
2777:Knights of the Legion of Honour
558:Hippocratic Oath for Scientists
430:University of the Witwatersrand
344:, from 1995 to 2000: he is now
206:Foreign and Commonwealth Office
130:University of the Witwatersrand
120:St John's College, Johannesburg
1681:"Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin 114"
733:nuclear electricity generation
731:King is a strong supporter of
383:Outside of academia, King was
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2016:"Independent SAGE - 14.07.20"
1704:Lean, Geoffrey (2 May 2004).
1297:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61739-5
552:; post 9/11 risks to the UK;
533:Energy Technologies Institute
517:Government Office for Science
389:Government Office for Science
311:Climate Crisis Advisory Group
2747:Fellows of the Royal Society
2177:"Hans Lichtenstein obituary"
1735:Adam, David (21 July 2008).
1194:– via telegraph.co.uk.
1094:10.1016/0039-6028(72)90232-4
982:Royal Academy of Engineering
961:UK public library membership
711:practices in unfavourable CO
309:, academic, and head of the
1950:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.02.026
1783:King, David (27 May 2024).
935:"King, Sir David (Anthony)"
815:Fellow of the Royal Society
718:In an article published in
507:was awarded to Ertl alone.
495:, shaped the discipline of
336:from 1988 to 2006, and was
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2258:Downing College, Cambridge
1600:publications.parliament.uk
811:the British Vacuum Council
806:by the French government.
749:second generation biofuels
705:Manchester Business School
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342:Downing College, Cambridge
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190:International Development
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505:Nobel Prize in Chemistry
436:(BSc) degree and then a
407:Early life and education
385:Chief Scientific Adviser
318:Imperial College, London
2802:Global Apollo Programme
2711:Hendrik C. van de Hulst
2550:David Stewart Jenkinson
2352:British Association for
2286:University of Liverpool
946:Oxford University Press
764:Global Apollo Programme
511:Career outside academia
501:heterogeneous catalysis
420:. King was educated at
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334:University of Cambridge
326:University of Liverpool
231:University of Liverpool
221:University of Cambridge
211:Imperial College London
2660:Martin Paterson Vessey
2205:. London: Bloomsbury.
1679:Ofcom (21 July 2008).
1112:Collegio Carlo Alberto
843:. He was portrayed by
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578:, King formed and led
440:(PhD) degree in 1963.
401:Future Cities Catapult
374:Collegio Carlo Alberto
286:Sir David Anthony King
18:David King (scientist)
2570:Malcolm Douglas Lilly
1761:Edie (21 June 2021).
1658:"Minutes of Evidence"
1260:Bloomsbury Publishing
800:2003 New Year honours
743:due to the effect on
644:Independent on Sunday
616:2001 synthesis report
316:King first taught at
101:Union of South Africa
2701:Michael Stuart Brown
2560:Philip Johnson-Laird
2505:Robert Wolfgang Cahn
2413:by Alison Benjamin,
2036:"Honours and Awards"
1205:King, D. A. (2004).
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825:(HonFREng) in 2006.
625:King criticised the
503:. However, the 2007
438:Doctor of Philosophy
432:, graduating with a
362:University of Oxford
216:University of Oxford
2706:Joseph L. Goldstein
2605:Kenneth John Packer
2595:John Norman Murrell
2555:Brian F. G. Johnson
2530:David Headley Green
2520:Bryan Randell Coles
2500:Peter Elwood Bryant
2417:, 27 November 2007.
2404:13 May 2020 at the
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1223:2004Natur.430..311K
1086:1972SurSc..29..454K
813:. He was elected a
627:Bush administration
434:Bachelor of Science
403:from 2013 to 2016.
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2575:George Owen Mackie
2515:Brian Charlesworth
2490:Michael John Bevan
2373:Biographical links
1660:. House of Commons
1463:on 1 November 2014
1387:on 1 December 2017
790:Honours and awards
641:for mammals". The
454:Physical Chemistry
418:Anglo American plc
346:emeritus professor
180:Physical Chemistry
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978:"List of Fellows"
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875:Llandrindod Wells
841:Hurricane Katrina
836:The Age of Stupid
576:COVID-19 pandemic
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397:Foreign Secretary
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