Lucas Joppa

Lucas Joppa is accelerating action to combat environmental and sustainability issues. Currently the Chief Environmental Officer and Environmental Scientist for Microsoft, Lucas is working to develop and carry out Microsoft’s sustainability strategies, passionate to develop technology that will help to monitor Earth’s resources.  In 2021, he was made a Professor Adjunct at Yale University, where Luca educates the next generation of sustainability champions. Also booked as a sustainability speaker, Lucas has previously spoken on topics such as being carbon negative, environmental and computer science.

Originally a Computational Ecologist for Microsoft, Lucas was appointed as Chief Environmental Officer in 2018. Since then Lucas has been at the helm of Microsoft’s sustainable practises, whilst developing the intersection of technology and the environment. Lucas has spearheaded ecological and conservation research, solidifying his expertise in environmental issues and sustainability. On the 1st of June 2022, Microsoft is launching Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, which is clearing the path for net-zero organisations across the globe with greater insight into environmental impact and sustainability progress. Lucas is also currently a United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre Fellow, an Associate Editor in Chief of the Ecological Society of America and an Honorary Conservation Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.

Educated with a PhD in Ecology, Lucas’ first major role was as an Advisor in Science and Innovation for UNEP-WCMC. He has since been on the Science Advisory Board for Natural England, the Federal Advisory Committee of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, and the External Science Advisory Board of RESOLVE. He has also been Chair of the IUCN Red List Informatics Working Group, the Chair of the External Advisory Board of The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centre and on the Board of Directors at NatureServe. He has also been the recipient of the 2016 USERN Prize and the 2014 Distinguished Service Award and Early Career Award from the Society for Conservation Biology.

With experience across environmental science and data science, Lucas is now becoming a popular choice as a speaker on sustainability. Committed to advancing sustainability and technology, Lucas also founded the AI for Earth program and continues to develop strategies for Microsoft. Having previously spoken for GLOBAL 2020 and the Virtual London Tech Week, Lucas Joppa is a seasoned speaker and a fantastic choice to bring understanding to the often complex subject of sustainability.