The Advisory Board members meet formally once a year but are encouraged to work closely with the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London between meetings.

The main role of the Board is to:

• Advise on strategic direction of the Institutes and priorities and gaps in programmes;
• Provide insights into the climate and environmental agenda outside the research community including key developments and events, based on individual members' knowledge;
• Give advice on the priority issues on which to engage and how best might the Institutes exert influence;
• Act as ambassadors for the Institutes at the national and international level;
• Propose funding opportunities which the Institutes should pursue and advice on how to realise those potential opportunities;

Members will serve for a period of four years, renewable once.

Membership

Current members are:

• Mr Jeremy Grantham, Donor, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
• Ms Hannelore Grantham, Donor, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment

And (listed alphabetically by surname):

• Salsabel Abuazza, SU Environment and Ethics Officer, London School of Economics
• Professor Declan Conway, Research Director, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
• Professor Ottmar Edenhofer, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
• Juliet Davenport, Climate scientist, renewable pioneer, businesswoman, environmental activist
• Professor Joyeeta Gupta, Professor of Environment and Development, Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
• Professor Susana Mourato, Pro-Director for Research, London School of Economics
• Professor Joanna Haigh, Distinguished Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
• Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, Chair, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
• Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency
• Professor Mary Ryan, Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise), Imperial College London
• Mr Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
• Niamh McAuley, Deputy President (Finance and Services), Imperial College Student Union
• Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Strategist, Newwealth
• Ms Joan MacNaughton, Chair, The Climate Group
• Ramsay Ravenel, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
• Professor Judith Rees, Vice Chair, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
• Professor Lord Martin Rees, Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, University of Cambridge
• Mr Carter Roberts, President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund
• Professor Elizabeth Robinson, Director, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
• Dr Joeri Rogelj, Director of Research at the Grantham Institute and Reader in Climate Science & Policy at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
• Professor Martin Siegert, Co-Director, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
• Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
• Mr Marc Stuart, Private Equity Investor, Allotrope Ventures
• Sir Richard Sykes, Chair of the UK Government Vaccine Task Force, Chairman of King Edward VII’s Hospital, Chairman of UK Stem Cell Foundation
• Professor Richard Templer, Director of Innovation, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
• Mr Nigel Topping, High Level Climate Action Champion for the 2020 UN Climate Summit (COP26), former CEO of We Mean Business 
• Professor Ralf Toumi, Co-Director, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
• Michaela Wright, Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC UK
• Dr Paul Woolley, Senior Fellow, Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, London School of Economics