Planetary Skin Global Advisory Council brief biographies:
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern (UNITED KINGDOM)
Lord Nicholas Stern is chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and IG Patel Professor at The London School of Economics and Political Science
Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2000 to 2003. Led the review into the economics of climate change that resulted in the publication of the globally influential Stern Review.
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri (INDIA)
Chair, IPCC; Director General TERI, Executive Director, Yale Climate & Energy Institute
Work as chair of the IPCC led to joint award of the Nobel Prize for Peace. And was recently awarded the second highest civilian award in India, the Padma Vibhushan.
Professor Dr. Zhou Dadi (CHINA)
Former President, Energy Research Institute, National Development Reform Commission (NDRC);
China’s lead representative to the IPCC is the founding director of the Beijing Energy Efficiency Institute and has a leading reputation globally for his work in energy and environmental policy.
Charles F. Kennel (UNITED STATES)
Director, Dean, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Emeritus Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Has served on Presidential Commissions and chaired National Research Committees and Boards. Chair of the NASA Advisory Council from 2001 – 2005. Was Associate Administrator at NASA for Mission to Planet Earth 1996-98.Dr. Carlos Nobre (BRAZIL)
Director, Centre for Earth Science Research, National Space Research Institute; International Chair of International Biosphere Geosphere Programme and Chair of the National Panel of Climate Change
Author of the internationally influential hypothesis on the savannization of the Amazon rainforest, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this work with the IPCC.
Professor Sir Brian Hoskins (UNITED KINGDOM)
Director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London; Member of the UK Government’s Climate Change Committee
A world authority on climate issues and global weather patterns, he was a member of the IPCC team awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Chair of Scientific Committee of the UK Met Office Hadley Centre.
Professor Coleen Vogel (SOUTH AFRICA)
Chair of Sustainability, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Witwatersrand;
Past Chair of the International Scientific Committee of the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). Advises a number of South African government departments and Africa’s NEPAD on vulnerability decision-support.
Professor Taroh Matsuno (JAPAN)
Director-General of the Frontier Research System for Global Change (FRSGC)
His expertise includes meteorology, especially large-scale atmosphere dynamics, and climate dynamics. Awarded the prestigious United States AMS Life Achievement Award. He has been serving as the Director-General of FRSGC, and also as the Director of Integrated Modeling Research Program as an additional post.
Dr. Phil Sharp (UNITED STATES)
President of Resources for the Future
A leading authority on US energy policy and a distinguished record of public service, with ten terms as member of the House of Representatives for Indiana. He has been at the forefront of critical US energy policies over the last two decades. Has held Chairs in Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Dr Steve Howard (UNITED KINGDOM)
CEO, The Climate Group, Chair of WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Climate Change
Has advised numerous leading CEOs, companies and government leaders on climate change. Has focused on catalyzing global and regional public private partnerships to rapidly transition to a low carbon economy.