Environmental Scientist & Sustainability Leader; Chief Sustainability Officer at Haveli; Former Chief Environmental Officer at Microsoft; Founder of AI for Earth

Kirkland, WA, USA

Lucas Joppa Biography

Dr. Lucas Joppa is an environmental scientist and sustainability leader whose career spans ecology, technology, and corporate responsibility. Joppa holds a Bachelor of Science in wildlife ecology from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in ecology from Duke University. Before entering the corporate sector, Joppa co-founded EarthAudit LLC, a company specializing in predictive environmental information, and worked as a computational ecologist at Microsoft Research. He also served as a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow at Duke University.

Joppa joined Microsoft as a computational ecologist, leading research at the intersection of environmental and computer science. He later became chief environmental scientist, where he founded and led Microsoft's AI for Earth program, a cross-company initiative dedicated to technology-enabled solutions for global environmental challenges, including climate change, water, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. As Microsoft's first chief environmental officer, Joppa led the development and execution of the company's sustainability strategy across its global business operations. He played a key role in shaping Microsoft's climate plans and the creation of a Climate Innovation Fund to invest in technologies addressing global climate issues.

Joppa is senior managing director and chief sustainability officer at Haveli, a technology-focused private equity firm. In this role, he focuses on sustainability and artificial intelligence strategies to achieve net zero goals across the firm's portfolio. Joppa also serves as professor adjunct at Yale University, where he teaches courses on sustainability.

Joppa has been recognized by Fortune magazine in its "40 Under 40" list and is among the world's most highly cited researchers in environmental science. He is associate editor in chief for the Ecological Society of America's EcoSphere journal, an honorary fellow at the UN Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Center, and serves on the boards of organizations dedicated to environmental sustainability, including NatureServe and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Director's Council at UC Santa Barbara. Joppa remains active in scientific research, publishing in academic journals such as Science and Nature, and is a frequent spokesperson on topics related to artificial intelligence, environmental science, and sustainability in television, print, and digital media.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/09/2026.

Lucas Joppa Videos

Data-Driven Sustainability: Can Tech Save Us From Climate Catastrophe?

Data-Driven Sustainability: Can Tech Save Us From Climate Catastrophe?

In this compelling episode of The Sustainability Journey, host Samuele Tini engages in an insightful discussion with Lucas Joppa, Chief...

Climate Action for Every Company | Lucas Joppa

Climate Action for Every Company | Lucas Joppa

Live at Techonomy 22 with Lucas Joppa on Climate Action for Every Company.

How To Fix The "Bugs" In The Net-Zero Code | Lucas Joppa | TED Countdown

How To Fix The "Bugs" In The Net-Zero Code | Lucas Joppa | TED Countdown

Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first chief environmental officer, thinks about climate change through the lens of coding, and he says the world's current...

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