These are the signatories of the letter. Am I correct in thinking that this petition would never have seen the light of day while HRH the Duke of Edinburgh was still alive?
Dr. Rowan Williams - Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - Author, Cook and TV Presenter
Kate Humble - TV Presenter and former President of The RSPB
Chris Packham CBE - TV Presenter and Commentator
Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE - Author and Co-Founder of Farms for City Children
Prof Sir David King - FRS, Former Govt CSA and Climate Envoy, Chair and Founder, the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University
Sir Ian Boyd - Ex-Chief Scientific Advisor to DEFRA and Professor in Biology at the University of St Andrews
Sir Mark Rylance - Academy Award Winning Actor
Prof Alice Roberts - Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Birmingham, Author and Broadcaster and President of Humanists UK
Prof Dave Goulson - Ecologist and Author
Sir Robert T. Watson - CMG, FRS, ex-Chief Scientific Advisor DEFRA, former chair IPBES and IPCC
Prof Danny Dorling - Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
Sarah Raven - Gardener, Cook and TV Presenter
Anita Rani - Broadcaster
Josh O’Connor - Golden Globe Winning Actor
George Monbiot - Author and Columnist
Sir Jonathon Porritt - Environmentalist and Writer
Andy Goldsworthy - Artist
Liz Bonnin - Science and Natural History broadcaster, President of The Wildlife Trusts
Dr Mya-Rose Craig (AKA Birdgirl) D.Sc. h.c - Founder and President Black2Nature
Prof Ben Garrod - broadcaster, author, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement, University of East Anglia
Satish Kumar - Peace activist, Founder of Schumacher College and Editor of Resurgence & The Ecologist
Simon Amstell - Comedian, Writer and Director
Andrea Arnold, OBE - Academy Award & BAFTA Winning Filmmaker
Dr Mark Avery - Scientist, Author and Former Conservation Director at the RSPB
Fehinti Balogun - Actor and Climate Activist
Laura Baldwin - Olympic Sailor and WOA Environment Committee Member
Dr Amy-Jane Beer - Biologist and Writer
Prof James Bullock - Ecologist
Dr John A Burton DUniv, FLS, FRAI, FRGS - Visiting Fellow, University of East Anglia
Lucy Bright - Music Supervisor
Simon Potts - Professor of Biodiversity, University of Reading
Dr Richard Carmichael - CPsychol, Researcher in Societal and System change for Net Zero, Imperial College London
Mark Cocker - Author and Naturalist
Emma D’Arcy - Actor and Theatremaker
Prof Keri Facer - Educational and Social Futures Researcher
Dr Charlie Gardner - Interdisciplinary Conservation Scientist
Dr Alison Green - Executive Director, Scientists Warning Foundation
Dave Hampton - former GB lightweight rower, carbon coach, co-founder of Champions for Earth, a team of Olympians and Athletes speaking out about the climate emergency
Dr Jason Hickel - Anthropologist and Author, London School of Economics and Goldsmiths, University of London
Professor Wendy Hollway - Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Open University
Erich Hoyt, Author; Research Fellow, Whale and Dolphin Conservation; and Co-chair, IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force
Prof Rob Jackson, BIFoR Chair in Tree Pathology, University of Birmingham
Lucy Jones - Author
Dr Patrick Kennedy-Williams - Clinical Psychologist and Co-director, Climate Psychologists
Megan Kennedy-Woodard - Coaching Psychologist and Co-director, Climate Psychologists
Mark Lynas - Author and Environmentalist
Prof Gordon MacGregor Reid - Conservationist and Past President Linnean Society of London
Hannah Mills, MBE - Team GB Gold Medalist, Sailor and 2 time World Champion
Prof Martin Milton - Professor of Counselling Psychology, Regents University London
Annie Mitchell - Clinical and Community Psychologist
Clare Morpurgo - Philanthropist and Co-founder of Farms for City Children
Stephen Moss - Naturalist & Author
Adam Nicolson - Author and farmer
Danielle Paffard - Head of Organising, Green New Deal UK
Prof Ann Phoenix - Professor of Psychosocial Studies, UCL
Nick Powell - TV Producer and Author of ‘Poppy Goes Wild’
Ian Rickson - Theatre Director, Former Artistic Director at the Royal Court Theatre
Chris Robertson - Psychotherapist and co-founder of Re.Vision
Laurence Rose - Author and Conservationist
Emma Smart - Ecologist
Anna Souter - Writer and Curator
Jonathan Thomson - Rewilder, Underhill Wood Nature Reserve
Marian Titley - Clinical Psychologist
Prof Frederick Toates - Emeritus Professor of Psychobiology, Open University
Prof David Uzzell - Emeritus Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey
Tony Wainwright - Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
Prof Andrew Watterson - Public & Environmental Health Researcher, University of Stirling, Scotland
Jerusha West - Artist and Filmmaker
Melissa Wilson - World-Championships A-finalist for Rowing, and core member of Champions for Earth, a team of Olympians and Athletes speaking out about the climate emergency
Iolo Williams - Naturalist and Broadcaster
Music Declares Emergency - Climate Action Organisation
Re-Peat - International Youth Organisation focusing on Peatlands
Professor Susan Page - Professor of Physical Geography, University of Leicester
Anne Magurran - Professor of Ecology
Steve Tombs - Professor of Criminology, The Open University
Professor David Burslem - School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Prof Rob Wilson - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews
Professor Heiko Baltzer - Director of Centre for Landscape and Climate Research
NERC National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester
Matthew Paterson - Department of Politics, University of Manchester
Prof Kate Jeffery, Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, UCL
Paul Chatterton - Professor of Urban Futures, University of Leeds
Dr Christopher Hassall – Associate Professor of Biology, University of Leeds
Sally Weintrobe - Author and Chair of the International Psychoanalytic Association's Climate Committee
Prof Simon Joss - Chair in Urban Futures, University of Glasgow
Professor Catherine (Kate) Rigby - FAHA, Bath Spa University
Dr Alexander Lees - Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Nathalie Pettorelli - Senior scientist
Matt Sewell - Illustrator and Author
Paul Ekins, OBE - Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, University College London
Dr Mia Gray - Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge
Dr Matt Watson - Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Sheffield
Dr Christopher Sandom - Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex
Bill McGuire - Professor Emeritus of Geophysical & Climate Hazards, UCL
Prof David Humphreys - Professor of Environmental Policy, The Open University
Prof Martin Price FRSE - Professor Emeritus, University of the Highlands and Islands
Prof Alistair Jump, FRSB - Professor of Plant Ecology, University of Stirling
Prof Nigel Willby - Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling
Neil B. Metcalfe FRSE - Professor of Behavioural Ecology, University of Glasgow
Jens-Arne Subke - University of Stirling
Andrew Simms - Co-director, New Weather Institute
Professor Carrie Lear - Head of the Centre for Resilience and Environmental Change, Cardiff University
Prof Yadvinder Malhi CBE FRS - Professor of Ecosystem Science, University of Oxford
Professor Eric Verspoor - Chair in Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and Management, Rivers and Lochs Institute, UHI
Peter Cairns - Executive Director, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
Dr Andrew D. Friend - Plant ecologist and Earth system scientist
Danny Renton - Founding Director, Seawilding
Professor Joy Carter CBE DL Cgeol FGS - Emeritus Professor of Geochemistry and Health, University of Winchester
Dr Steve Carver - Co-chair IUCN CEM Rewilding Thematic Group
Professor Andrew Pullin - Conservation Biologist
Prof John Marsham - Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
Prof. Dominick Spracklen - School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Professor Joseph Holden - Director of water@leeds and Chair of Physical Geography, University of Leeds
Dr Peter GH Evans - Director, Sea Watch Foundation
Simon Lewis - Professor, Global Change Science, University of Leeds
Prof Raimund Bleischwitz - Chair in Sustainable Global Resources, UCL BSEER
James Fair - Wildlife conservation journalist and author
Stuart Parkinson - Executive Director, Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)
Jeff Waage, OBE - Professor of International Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Liza Adamczewski - Artist
Stephanie Gooding - Chartered Counselling Psychologist
Michael Pawlyn - Exploration Architecture / Achitects Declare
Jaime Winstone - Actress
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