It is with great sadness that One Planet Pictures announces the death of its Founder Director, Robert Lamb.

Robert Lamb was born in 1952 in Windsor, UK. He attended Maidenhead Grammar school before winning a scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge (1971-74).

After university, Robert won a place on the BBC’s News Trainee scheme, where he was trained in journalism, TV and radio production. He then joined Associated Television before taking a job as Features Editor (1978-80) of Earthscan publishing, which at that time was part of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

From 1980-82 Robert served as Director of Communications at IUCN, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, headquartered in Gland, Switzerland.

For the next decade (1982-92) he worked for UNEP, initially as Science Writer, and later as Policy Consultant to the Executive Director. This was a decisive time for the development community, culminating with the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992.

While at UNEP, Robert helped to found the Television Trust for the Environment, aimed at bringing environmental issues to the widest possible audience.

Over the next two decades, programmes produced or executive produced by Robert Lamb won over 200 awards including Emmys, BAFTAs, Prix Italia and the New York Gold Medal.

Robert personally received several awards and honours, including the UN Award for Outstanding Environmental Achievement and the Order of the Golden Ark (The Netherlands).

After leaving TVE, Robert went on to become Executive Editor of the BBC’s long-running Earth Report strand before founding One Planet Pictures in 2005.

Tributes to Robert and his work can be viewed on the UNEP, TVE Asia Pacific and Dev.TV websites.