Matt Palmer

Science Fellow & Joint Director of UK National Climate Science Partnership, Met Office Hadley Centre

Professor of Climate Science, University of Bristol

Matt's expertise includes observations and projections of sea level change, Earth's energy budget and climate modelling. Matt led the sea level work for the UK National Climate Projections (UKCP18) that included development of pioneering multi-century sea-level projections in response to stakeholder needs. He has worked on a variety of international projects providing sea level projections and observational analysis for other parts of the world. Matt was a Lead Author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report (IPCC AR6) where his contributions included leading the assessment of the global energy and sea level budgets. In 2024, Matt was appointed as Joint Director of the UK National Climate Science Partnership, an initiative that aims to harness UK climate science capability to inform national and international climate solutions.