Birthday Honours 2024
Professor James Ferguson SKEA
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London and International Institute for Environment and Development
Organisation: Centre for Environmental Policy
“Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London and International Institute for Environment and Development. For services to Climate Science”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Professor of Sustainable Energy, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. For services to Sustainable Energy.
View London Gazette noticeKnight Bachelor
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London and International Institute for Environment and Development. For services to Climate Science
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor James Ferguson SKEA C.B.E. F.R.S.E.
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London and International Institute for Environment and Development
For services to Climate Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London and International Institute for Environment and Development
- Region
- London, East Sussex
“Professor of Sustainable Energy, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. For services to Sustainable Energy.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London and International Institute for Environment and Development
- Region
- London, Greater London
“Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London and International Institute for Environment and Development. For services to Climate Science”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London and International Institute for Environment and Development, Centre for Environmental Policy.
How widely is this recognised?
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Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Knight Bachelor · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644588. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Location (London, East Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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