Ronald Oxburgh
Lord Ronald Oxburgh was chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence from 1988 to 1993, and rector of Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine from 1993-2000.
He was knighted (KBE) in 1992 and made a Life Peer (crossbench) as Baron Oxburgh, of Liverpool in the County of Merseyside in 1999, where he chaired the House of Lords select committee on science and technology. Lord Oxburgh became the CEO of Shell in March 2004 (having been non-executive director) and was charged with 'restoring its battered reputation' while continuing to sit in the Lords. [1]
Carbon Capture and Storage
He has been an advocate of Carbon Capture and Storage as a climate change solution since 2004.[2]
A joint statement issued with Dr Jeff Chapman Carbon Capture and Storage Association, David Hawkins Natural Resources Defence Council, Ronald Oxburgh House of Lords, Richard Lambert CBI, John Prescott MP, Frederic Hauge Bellona Foundation, Stephen Hale Green Alliance, Steve Holliday National Grid, said:
'We urge ministers to ensure CCS is fully integrated within the post-2012 climate change agreement that will be negotiated at COP 15 in Copenhagen in December - which should promote the broad use of CCS technology in both developed and developing countries. This will necessitate the operation of 100 commercial-scale power plants fitted with CCS worldwide by 2020, with a commitment to invest $130bn between now and 2020'.[3]
He is honorary president of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association.
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