Speaker

Keynote speaking

Gabrielle gives keynote addresses to senior corporate audiences around the world. She covers the policy, technology and business of operationalising net zero commitments and climate solutions, with a particular focus on scalable business solutions such as the emerging technologies of carbon removals. Her TEDTalk has been seen by nearly two million people.

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TED: What you need to know about carbon removal

In October 2021, Gabrielle gave her first TED Talk: What do woolly pigs have to do with climate change? They’re part of a vital, ingenious and evolving strategy to take carbon out of the sky and store it safely — in trees, soils, the ocean, buildings, rocks and deep underground. Every carbon removal approach takes some combination of natural resources, human ingenuity and technology, says climate thinker Gabrielle Walker. If we get the mix right, we can clean up the environmental mess we’ve made, reverse the processes behind climate change and give nature a chance to heal. “What goes up must now come down,” she says.

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Swedish Steel Prize

Gabrielle gives the keynote at the annual Swedish Steel Prize in Stockholm, sponsored by steel manufacturer SSAB.

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Hay Festival – Reformations

Gabrielle Walker gives a Keynote speech at the Hay Festival Reformations event in 2017. In this she shares specific facts about the impact of climate change and the challenges, and opportunities, it presents.

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Climeworks Summit

Gabrielle delivers a keynote speech to business, technology, and policy experts at the Climeworks Summit in June, 2022: Carbon removal as a mitigating force for climate change. This was the third edition of the summit and was aimed at highlighting the roles that the public and private sectors play in driving climate solutions and meeting global net-zero goals.

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Fireside chat with Nigel Topping

Gabrielle discussed Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) with Nigel Topping, UN High-Level Climate Action Champion for the UK, during New York Climate Week in one of a series of talks curated by South Pole and Valence Solutions. In this talk, Gabrielle and Nigel discuss not just the technical details of what’s needed for CDR, but how to do it right.

“At every conference or speaking event there is always one speaker that stands out. The highlight of this year’s Conference for me was Gabrielle Walker. She reinforced the responsibility that we have as investors, but as individuals too and the material impact that we can have to ensure the sustainability of our planet.”

Brewin Dolphin

“Gabrielle has an extraordinary way of combining an entertaining and humorous presenting style with killer facts about the state of the environment that make you want help her do something about it the minute she finishes speaking.”

Brewin Dolphin

"Gabrielle wowed the audience...She was by far the most popular speaker over the two-day event. She was able to speak to the business-oriented audience in their own language, engaging with them rather than preaching to them. I cannot recommend Gabrielle highly enough."

KPMG

“My highlight of the day was undoubtedly the presentation by Dr Gabrielle Walker on climate change and how it is and will continue to adversely impact the real estate and finance markets. It was an intensely profound and thought-provoking discussion and left me under no illusions of what we must do as an industry to get our house in order, and quickly."

CREFC Europe

“Gabrielle is a fantastic speaker. She captivated our audience, and was one of the highest rated speakers by our delegates. She clearly makes the case for why climate change risk is a problem, while also highlighting why this could be the investment opportunity of the century.”

Mallowstreet