Birthday Honours 2024
James Skea
Knight Bachelor
Emeritus Professor • Centre for Environmental Policy
Organisation: Centre for Environmental Policy
“For services to Climate Science.”
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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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Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy
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- London, Greater London
“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.
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86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
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Emeritus Professor, Centre for Environmental Policy.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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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, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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