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'{{For|the impacts of climate change on women|Climate change and gender}} The contributions of '''women in climate change''' have received increasing attention in the early 21st century. Feedback from women and the issues faced by women have been described as "imperative" by the [[United Nations]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Women, Gender Equality and Climate Change |url=https://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/climate_change/ |work=WomenWatch |publisher=[[UN Women|United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women]] |accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref> and "critical" by the [[Population Reference Bureau]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2012/women-vulnerable-climate-change.aspx |publisher=[[Population Reference Bureau]] |title=Women More Vulnerable Than Men to Climate Change |first=Rachel |last=Winnik Yavinsky |date=December 2012 |accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref> A report by the [[World Health Organization]] concluded that incorporating gender-based analysis would "provide more effective [[climate change mitigation]] and adaptation."<ref>{{cite web |title=Gender, Climate Change, and Health |url=https://www.who.int/globalchange/GenderClimateChangeHealthfinal.pdf |accessdate=June 29, 2015 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]]}}</ref> ==Introduction== [[File:Mary Robinson World Economic Forum 2013 crop.jpg|thumb|upright|Mary Robinson]] [[File:Christiana Figueres in London - 2018 (39536174340) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Christiana Figueres]] Women have made major contributions to climate change research and policy and to broader analysis of global environmental issues.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sachs|first1=Carolyn|title=Women Working In The Environment: Resourceful Natures.|date=2014|publisher=Taylor and Francis}}</ref> They include many women scientists as well as policy makers and activists. Women researchers have made significant contributions to major scientific assessments such as those of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] and the [[Millennium Ecosystem Assessment]] and are reasonably well represented on key global change committees of the [[International Council for Science]] (ICSU) and [[National Academy of Sciences|US National Academy of Sciences]]. Women have played important leadership roles in international climate policy. For example, [[Christiana Figueres]] leads the international climate negotiations as the Executive Secretary of the [[UN Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) and former Irish President [[Mary Robinson]] is the UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. [[Susan Solomon]] chaired the climate science working group 1 of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] Fourth Assessment in 2007. ==Underrepresentation of women in science== {{Main|Women in STEM fields}} Women are generally underrepresented in science and have faced many barriers to their success and recognition.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rossi|first1=AS|title=Women in Science: Why So Few? Social and psychological influences restrict women's choice and pursuit of careers in science|journal=Science|date=1962|volume=148|issue=3674|pages=1196–1202|doi=10.1126/science.148.3674.1196|pmid=17748114|s2cid=19806932}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Eccles|first1=Jacquelynne S|title=Where Are All the Women? Gender Differences in Participation in Physical Science and Engineering.|date=2007|publisher=American Psychological Association}}</ref> Following the [[Scientific Revolution|scientific revolution]] in the 17th century European women became involved in observational science, including [[astronomy]], natural history and weather observations although many universities would not admit women until the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Herzenberg|first1=Caroline L|title=Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present|url=https://archive.org/details/womenscientistsf0000herz|url-access=registration|date=1986|publisher=Locust Hill Press|isbn=0-933951-01-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=National Academy of Sciences|title=Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering.|date=2006|publisher=National Academies Press|location=Washington DC|isbn=0-309-10320-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Schiebinger|first1=Londa|title=he Mind Has No Sex? Women in the Origins of Modern Science|date=1989|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=0-674-57625-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Watts|first1=Ruth|title=Women in Science: A social and cultural history|date=2013|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> The latest report from the US National Science Foundation<ref name="auto">{{cite book|last1=National Science Foundation|first1=National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics|title=Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2015|date=2015|publisher=National Science Foundation|location=Arlington Virginia|url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2015/nsf15311/start.cfm|accessdate=April 5, 2015}}</ref> shows that while women are now earning half of the undergraduate degrees in science and engineering, most of these are in the biosciences (especially pre-med) compared to physics, computer sciences and engineering (20%). In terms of doctorates, women are also only 20% of the engineering and physics PhDs. Although the proportion of women full professors in the US has doubled since 1993 women occupy less than 1/4 of senior faculty positions in science and engineering and women earn less than men at the same level. It has been noted that women of color, indigenous women and women from the global south are even more likely to be overlooked, to be poorly represented in the academy and leadership.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ong|first1=Maria|last2=Wright|first2=C|last3=Espinosa|first3=LL|last4=Orfield|first4=G|title=Inside the double bind: A synthesis of empirical research on undergraduate and graduate women of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|journal=Harvard Educational Review|date=2011|volume=81|issue=2|pages=172–209|doi=10.17763/haer.81.2.t022245n7x4752v2}}</ref> This is associated with a legacy of discrimination, lack of educational opportunities, language barriers, and a lack of effort to identify and cite them.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Harding|first1=Sandra|title=The 'racial' economy of science; Toward a Democratic Future|date=1993|publisher=Indiana University Press}}</ref> ==Women in climate change disciplines== Women are underrepresented in key disciplines for the study of climate change. For example, women are a minority in the earth sciences where surveys reveal that less than 20% of meteorologists and geoscientists are women.<ref>{{cite web|last1=UCAR|title=Women in Meteorology: How long a minority?|url=https://www.ucar.edu/communications/quarterly/fall03/wmo.html|website=UCAR communications|publisher=UCAR|accessdate=Apr 7, 2015}}</ref> A recent analysis of US atmospheric science doctoral programs reveals that women were 17% of tenure track and tenured faculty, with even smaller proportions at higher rank, and 53% of departments had two or fewer women faculty.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=MacPhee|first1=David|last2=Canetto|first2=Silvia Sara|title=Women in Academic Atmospheric Sciences|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society|date=2015|volume=96|issue=1|pages=59–67|doi=10.1175/bams-d-12-00215.1|bibcode=2015BAMS...96...59M|doi-access=free}}</ref> Women are slightly better represented in the ecological sciences. One study reports that women are 55% of graduate students in ecology but only 1/3 of tenured faculty are women and that 3/4 of the articles in the flagship international journal - ''Ecology'' - are written by men.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Martin|first1=Laura Jane|title=Where are the women in ecology|journal=Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment|date=2012|volume=10|issue=4|pages=177–178|doi=10.1890/12.wb.011}}</ref> Women received proportionally less research funding and were less likely to be cited by their colleagues. Women members of the Ecological Society of America increased from 23% in 1992 to 37% in 2010.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Beck|first1=Christopher|last2=Boersma|first2=Kate|last3=Tysor|first3=C Susannah|last4=Middendorf|first4=George|title=Diversity at 100: women and underrepresented minorities in the ESA|journal=Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment|date=2014|volume=12|issue=8|pages=434–436|doi=10.1890/14.WB.011}}</ref> The [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] publishes data on women in science worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last1=UNESCO|title=Gender and Science|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/priority-areas/gender-and-science/|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> Overall women are better represented as a share of total scientific researchers in Latin America, Oceania and Europe (30%+) and least in Asia (19%). ==Arguments for women in science and climate change== It is argued that when women are overlooked as scholars and decision makers the world fails to take advantage of its full human capacity, which is needed for issues as urgent as [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wyer|first1=Mary|last2=Barbercheck|first2=M|last3=Cookmeyer|first3=D|last4=Ozturk|first4=H|last5=Wayne|first5=M|title=Women, science, and technology: A reader in feminist science studies.|date=2013|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> Women may also take more collaborative approaches, especially in negotiations, and may pay more attention to disadvantaged groups and to the natural environment.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Blanchard|first1=Eric M|title= Gender, international relations, and the development of feminist security theory|journal=Signs|year=2003|volume=28|issue=4|pages=1289–1312|doi=10.1086/368328|citeseerx=10.1.1.474.9430|s2cid=145225269}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Porter|first1=Elisabeth|title=Peacebuilding: Women in international perspective|date=2007|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> Gender has become an issue because of women's essential roles in managing resources such as water, forests and energy and as women lead fights for environmental protection.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buckingham-Hatfield|first1=Susan|title=Gender and Environment|date=2005|publisher=Routledge}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rocheleau|first1=Dianne|last2=Thomas-Slayter|first2=Barbara|last3=Wangari|first3=Esther|title=Feminist political ecology: Global issues and local experience|date=2013|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> A general concern has been expressed about the need to highlight the work of women and to include more women in major committees in order to provide gender balance, social justice, and inspiration to young women to enter careers in science.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Buck|first1=Holly|last2=Gammon|first2=Andrea R|last3=Preston|first3=Christopher J|title=Gender and Geoengineering|journal=Hypatia|date=2014|volume=29|issue=3|pages=651–669|doi=10.1111/hypa.12083|s2cid=28832973}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Pearson|first1=Willie|last2=Frehill|first2=Lisa|last3=Didion|first3=Catherine|title=Blueprint for the Future:: Framing the Issues of Women in Science in a Global Context: Summary of a Workshop|date=2012|publisher=National Academies Press}}</ref> This reflects more general arguments about the barriers to women's advancement and the need for women to 'Lean in' to leadership positions.<ref>(e.g. [http://leanin.org/ Lean In])</ref> [[File:Susan Solomon-Desk With Globe.jpg|thumb|[[Susan Solomon]]]] ==Women and international climate policy== The outcome document of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development - the Future we Want - recognized the need to remove barriers to the full and equal participation of women in decision making and management and the need to increase women in leadership positions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=UN|title=The Future we Want - Outcome document|url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/futurewewant.html|publisher=UN|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> A report prepared by UN Women, the [[Mary Robinson]] Foundation - Climate Justice, the Global Gender and Climate Alliance and the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|UNFCCC]] recognizes the structural inequalities that impede the representation of women in climate science, negotiations and policies and recommends greater gender balance in the UNFCCC and national delegations.<ref>{{cite book|last1=UN Women and Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice|title=The Full View: Advancing the goal of gender balance in multilateral and intergovernmental processes|date=May 2013|publisher=UN Women}}</ref> The report argues that the 'challenges of climate change cannot be solved without empowering women' and that women have been marginalized in international negotiations. It reports data that show weak representation of women in the institutions of the UNFCCC including the Adaptation Committee (25%), the GEF Council (19%) and the Expert Group (15%) and that overall women constitute less than 20% of delegation heads and less than 30% of delegation members at UNFCCC conferences. == The Manthropocene == A call for international science to pay greater attention to the inclusion of women scholars was made by [[Kate Raworth]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/never-mind-the-anthropocene-beware-the-manthropocene/|title=Never Mind the Anthropocene - Beware the 'Manthropocene'|first=Andrew C.|last=Revkin|date=October 17, 2014}}</ref> and then in her article "Must the Anthropocene be the Manthropocene?"<ref name="raworth-2014">{{cite news| issn = 0261-3077| first = Kate| last = Raworth| title = Must the Anthropocene be a Manthropocene?| work = The Guardian| location = London, UK| access-date = 2016-10-08| date = 20 October 2014| url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/20/anthropocene-working-group-science-gender-bias}}</ref> She pointed out that the working group of 36 scientists and scholars who convened in Berlin in 2014 to begin assessing evidence humanity was entering a new epoch, the [[Anthropocene]], was composed almost entirely of men. She stated: "Leading scientists may have the intellect to recognize that our planetary era is dominated by human activity, but they still seem oblivious to the fact that their own intellectual deliberations are bizarrely dominated by white northern male voices". ==Women working in climate change== There are a variety of ways to identify women who have made major contributions to climate change. The first is the list of authors of the high level international assessments for the UN and other organizations such as the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] and the [[UN Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC). The second is to examine women who have been invited to join the editorial boards of climate change refereed journals. A third is to look at the membership of the global change committees of the [[International Council for Science]] (ICSU). And a fourth is to recognize women that are members of their National Academy of Sciences who work on climate change. Many of them are IPCC or other report authors, and also members of ICSU committees, members of their National Academy and other marks of accomplishment. ==Ecofeminism== This is a branch of [[feminism]] that sees environmentalism and the relationship between women and the earth as interlinked. Currently, young girls are taking more action at a younger age which is also known as the "[[Greta Thunberg effect]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bonniechiu/2019/09/19/the-greta-thunberg-effect-the-rise-of-girl-eco-warriors/|title=The Greta Thunberg Effect: The Rise of Girl Eco-Warriors|first=Bonnie|last=Chiu|website=Forbes}}</ref> [[Greta Thunberg]] is a sixteen-year-old environmental activist, who is well known for her work on fighting climate change, and is seen as a role model for younger girls. These new generations of girls are being called "eco-warriors", they are taking actions for the environment in various ways. In Kazakhstan, a group of young girls named Team Coco have come together to fight the ecological problems that pollute their nation, in order to accomplish this they have created an app known as TECO which is an "augmented reality game that merges educational and entertainment tools to help players change their behavior and become more eco-conscious."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/27/girls-find-their-voice-at-technovation-world-pitch-competition-worldpitch19-womenintech/|title=Girls find their voice at Technovation World pitch competition|date=August 27, 2019}}</ref> More girls have been taking action against climate change by using technology, and in turn help encourage other political leaders to take action for climate change and business corporations to reduce the carbon foot print they leave behind. ==Women climate researchers== *[https://www.ukm.my/lestari/staff-department/academic/ Sharina Abdul Halim]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Academic {{!}} LESTARI UKM|url=https://www.ukm.my/lestari/staff-department/academic/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=www.ukm.my}}</ref>: Environmental Sociologist at the Institute for Environment and Development, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia. Her research focuses on islands and indigenous communities, sustainable livelihoods, tourism development and heritage conservation. She is a lead author for Chapter 5 on the IPCC 1.5-C Special Report and Chapter 10 for the Working Group II of the IPCC AR6. *[https://cpeel.ui.edu.ng/staff/dr-mrs-ibidun-adelekan Ibidun Adelekan]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ibidun O. Adelekan|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x5_JMqQAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-10-04|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>: Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research focuses on climate-society interactions, human dimensions of global environmental change, vulnerability and resilience of human-environment systems to climate change. She is a lead author of the IPCC AR6 and a contributing author to the IPCC AR5 - Africa Chapter. *[https://www.mountainresearchinitiative.org/who-we-are/team/coordination-office-cat/2121-dr-carolina-adler Carolina Adler]<ref>{{Cite web|last=artd|first=Super User|title=Dr. Carolina Adler|url=https://www.mountainresearchinitiative.org/who-we-are/team/coordination-office-cat/2121-dr-carolina-adler|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Mountain Research Initiative|language=en-gb}}</ref>: Executive Director of Mountain Research Initiative(MRI), Switzerland where she oversees the work of the MRI coordination office, promotes global change research agenda and supports regional and thematic collaborations across mountain communities worldwide. She is an Environmental Scientist and Geographer by background and has vast experience in international career, both in public and private sector. She is a lead author of the IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere and Working Group II of IPCC AR6. *[https://www.uchile.cl/portal/facultades-e-institutos/cs-agronomicas/departamentos/cs-ambientales-y-recursos-naturales-renovables/55685/paulina-aldunce-i Paulina Aldunce]<ref><nowiki>https://www.uchile.cl/portal/facultades-e-institutos/cs-agronomicas/departamentos/cs-ambientales-y-recursos-naturales-renovables/55685/paulina-aldunce-i</nowiki> </ref>: Associate Professor of the Department of Environmental Science and Natural Resources and the Deputy Director of the Center of Disaster Risk Reduction, CITRID at University of Chile, Chile. Her research interests include the social and institutional dimension of disaster management and climate change, with a focus on adaptation, resilience, transformation, and local and community management. She is a leading author of three IPCC reports including the latest IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. *[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elham-Ali Elham Ali]<ref>{{Cite web|last=SciencesPhD|first=Elham AliSuez University · Department of Environmental|title=Elham ALI {{!}} Professor {{!}} PhD {{!}} Suez University, Suez {{!}} Department of Environmental Sciences|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elham-Ali|access-date=2021-10-04|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref>: Professor of Oceanography at the University of Suez, Egypt where she is the head of the Department of Aquatic Environment Sciences and Director of Suez University International Relations Office. Her expertise includes aquatic ecology, marine biodiversity, coastal ecology and water quality assessment and monitoring. She is the lead author of the IPCC AR6 and the coordinating lead author of the Mediterranean cross chapter. *[[Paola Arias|Paola A. Arias]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paola A. Arias|url=https://scholar.google.com.co/citations?user=kEG0PxsAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-10-04|website=scholar.google.com.co}}</ref>: Associate Professor at the Environmental School of University of Antioquia, Colombia. Her research interests include climate dynamics, climate change, climate variability and surface hydrology in Colombia and South America. She is a lead author for Working Group I of the IPCC AR6. *[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura-Astigarraga Laura Astigarraga]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Production|first=Laura AstigarragaUniversidad de la República de Uruguay {{!}} UdelaR · Department of Animal|last2=PasturesPhD|title=Laura ASTIGARRAGA {{!}} Professor (Full) {{!}} PhD {{!}} Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Montevideo {{!}} UdelaR {{!}} Department of Animal Production and Pastures|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura-Astigarraga|access-date=2021-10-04|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref>: Professor at the Department of Animal Production and Pastures at the University of Republic, Uruguay. Her research expertise includes climate change, dairy science, pasture management, agricultural economics and environmental science. She is an author of the IPCC AR6. *[http://zarrin.profcms.um.ac.ir/ Zarrin Azar]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ferdowsi University of Mashhad - Azar Zarrin - Dr. Azar Zarrin Academic Homepage|url=http://zarrin.profcms.um.ac.ir/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=zarrin.profcms.um.ac.ir|language=en-gb}}</ref>: Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. She is the Director of Climate Research Institute, ASMERC, Iran and Eco Regional Center for Risk Management of Natural Disasters in Mashhad, Iran. Her research interests include regional and meso-scale climate modeling, climate variability and change, extreme weather, climatology of arid lands and Middle East. She is a review editor of the Chapter 2 of IPCC AR6, Working Group I. *[[Karin Bäckstrand]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsvet.su.se/forskning/v%C3%A5ra-forskare/2.38092/karin-b%C3%A4ckstrand-1.209376|title=Karin Bäckstrand - Statsvetenskapliga institutionen|website=www.statsvet.su.se}}</ref> Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden who has written extensively on climate and environmental governance and advises the ICSU Earth System Governance project. *[[Sallie Baliunas]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D.|url=https://cei.org/experts/sallie-baliunas-ph-d/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Competitive Enterprise Institute|language=en-us}}</ref> retired astrophysicist. She formerly worked at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and at one point was the deputy director of the Mount Wilson. *[https://www.ikalastem.org/Team/South-Africa/Barimalala/Rondrotiana Rondrotiana Barimalala]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rondrotiana Barimalala (Ikala STEM - South Africa )|url=https://www.ikalastem.org/Team/South-Africa/Barimalala/Rondrotiana|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Ikalastem|language=en}}</ref>: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Oceanography, University of Capetown, South Africa. Her research interests include climate variability, modeling and change, air sea interaction and African climate. She is a lead author of the IPCC AR6: The Physical Basis. Her current projects are CRISTAL project (Climate ResilIent development for SoutheasTern African isLands) where she serves as a Principal Investigator and a study of  “uncertainty reduction in climate models for understanding development applications” over central and southern Africa. *[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Birgit-Bednar-Friedl Birgit Bednar-Friedl]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Climate|first=Birgit Bednar-FriedlKarl-Franzens-Universität Graz {{!}} KFU Graz · Wegener Center for|last2=ChangeDr|first2=Global|title=Birgit BEDNAR-FRIEDL {{!}} Associate Professor {{!}} Dr {{!}} Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz {{!}} KFU Graz {{!}} Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Birgit-Bednar-Friedl|access-date=2021-10-04|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Birgit Bednar-Friedl|url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=vtPBLMcAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-10-04|website=scholar.google.co.uk}}</ref>: Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Graz, Austria. Her expertise includes environmental economics, natural resource management, climate change impacts, energy economics, and biodiversity and conservation. She is a coordinating lead author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. *[[Michele Betsill]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/mbetsill/|title=Michele Betsill, Author at College of Liberal Arts}}</ref> Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University in the USA who is an expert on cities and climate change and transnational forms of climate governance. She is a member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the ICSU Earth System Governance project and was a contributing author to Working Group III of the [[IPCC Fifth Assessment Report]] *Suruchi Bhadwal: Director of Earth Science and Climate Change at TERI (The Energy and Resource Institute), India. She leads climate change research focusing mainly on impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation assessment and works closely with local communities. She was a lead author of the IPCC AR2, and a review editor for the IPCC AR5 WGII report and the IPCC Special Report on Extreme Events. She is also a lead author of the IPCC AR6 Working Group II report. *Preety Bhandari: Director for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC) at Asian Development Bank, Philippines. She also serves as the Chief of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management thematic group. Her expertise include providing policy and strategic direction, accessing finance from Climate Investment Funds and Green Climate Fund, and supporting international negotiations on climate finance, in addition to the focus on environment, climate change and sustainable development. She is also a lead author of the upcoming IPCC AR6 report. *Mercy Borbor-Cordova: Associate Professor at Escuela Superior Politécnica Del Litoral (ESPOL) in Ecuador. Her research focuses on ocean, human health, and interaction between climate and health. She is particularly interested in transferring knowledge to decision makers and practitioners especially in the field of climate services for coastal marine resources and human health. She is a lead author of the IPCC AR6 Working Group III which focuses on mitigation. *[[Sarah Myhre]]:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-18|title=Meet scientist, feminist, activist Sarah Myhre » Yale Climate Connections|url=https://yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2018/05/meet-scientist-feminist-activist-sarah-myhre/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Yale Climate Connections|language=en-US}}</ref> climate and ocean scientist with expertise in the physical, biological, and chemical consequences of abrupt climate warming. A Ph.D. holder from the [[University of California, Davis|University of California]] at Davis, and has worked as a Research Associate at the [[University of Washington]]’s School of Oceanography. She is a Kavli Fellow with the National Academy of Science.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-21|title=Sarah E. Myhre|url=https://www.drawdown.org/fellows/sarah-e-myhre|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}</ref> *[[Jane Burston]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jane Burston - Agenda Contributor|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/jane-burston/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=World Economic Forum|language=en}}</ref> Managing Director of the Clean Air Fund. She was previously Head of Energy and the Environment at the [[National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)|National Physical Laboratory]] and Head of Science for [[climate change and energy]] in the United Kingdom central government. *[[Jennifer Marohasy]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jennifer Marohasy|url=https://www.desmogblog.com/jennifer-marohasy|access-date=2020-11-24|website=DeSmog|language=en}}</ref> Australian biologist, columnist and blogger. She was a senior fellow at the free-market think tank, the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs between 2004 and 2009 and director of the Australian Environment Foundation until 2008. *[[Lesley Ann Hughes|Lesley Hughes]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lesley Hughes|url=https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/lesley-hughes|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Macquarie University|language=en}}</ref> Distinguished Professor of Biology, a former federal Climate Commissioner and former Lead Author in the IPCC’s 4th and 5th Assessment Report and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity & Development) at Macquarie University. Her research has mainly focused on the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. *[[Valerie Masson-Delmotte]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Savolainen|first=Anna|date=2020-01-10|title=France Climate Leader 2019: Valérie Masson-Delmotte|url=https://www.climatescorecard.org/2020/01/france-climate-leader-2019-valerie-masson-delmotte/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Climate Scorecard|language=en-US}}</ref> leading French climate scientist and Research Director at the Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory of the [[French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission]] (''[[Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives]]'', CEA) *[[Naomi Oreskes]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naomi Oreskes|url=https://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/people/naomi-oreskes|access-date=2020-11-24|website=histsci.fas.harvard.edu|language=en}}</ref> world-renowned geologist, historian and a Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science at [[Harvard University|Harvard university]]. She is a leading voice on the role of science in society and the reality of anthropogenic climate change. *[[Diana Ürge-Vorsatz|Diána Ürge-Vorsatz]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diana Ürge-Vorsatz {{!}} CEU People|url=https://people.ceu.edu/diana_urge-vorsatz|access-date=2020-11-24|website=people.ceu.edu}}</ref> Vice Chair of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the [[Central European University]] (CEU) *[[Maureen Raymo]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=raymo {{!}} Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory|url=https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/user/raymo|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.ldeo.columbia.edu}}</ref> Interim Director of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She is the G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences and the director of the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository. She is best known for the Uplift-Weathering Hypothesis. *[[Lidia Brito]]: Professor of Forestry at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique who is the former Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Mozambique and has worked closely with UNESCO on global change issues and chaired the Planet under Pressure conference in 2012 *[[Harriet Bulkeley]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/staff/geogstaffhidden/?id=929|title=Professor H.A. Bulkeley - Durham University|website=www.dur.ac.uk}}</ref> Professor of Geography at the University of Durham in the UK who is an expert on cities and climate change, energy and environmental governance *[[Anny Cazenave]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20007153.html|title=Anny Cazenave}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=page is on Julia Cole, not Cazenave|date=August 2021}} Deputy director of the French Laboratory for Geophysical Studies and Spatial Oceanography who is an expert on sea level rise and IPCC lead author *[[Julia Cole]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lsa.umich.edu/earth/people/faculty/julia-cole.html|title = Julia Cole &#124; U-M LSA Earth and Environmental Sciences}}</ref> Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA. Expert on climate history, variability and corals. Leopold Leadership Fellow (2008), IPCC contributor and Google Science Communication Fellow (2011). *[[Cecilia Conde]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atmosfera.unam.mx/directorio/conde_c.html|title=Cecilia Conde}}</ref> Professor of Atmospheric Science at UNAM, Mexico, who works on climate impacts on agriculture. She is the director of climate adaptation for the Mexican Institute of Ecology and Climate, contributor to IPCC. *[[Heidi Cullen]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cullen {{!}} SOCCOM|url=https://soccom.princeton.edu/team/cullen|access-date=2020-11-24|website=soccom.princeton.edu}}</ref> Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives and director of the Information and Technology Dissemination (ITD) Division at [[MBARI]], formally the Chief Scientist for Climate Central. Expert on climate change communication. Formerly climate change expert for weather channel. Science advisory board for NOAA *[[Judith Curry]]:<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lemonick|first=Michael D.|date=2010-11-01|title=Climate heretic: Judith Curry turns on her colleagues|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/news.2010.577|journal=Nature|language=en|pages=news.2010.577|doi=10.1038/news.2010.577|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology. She has written or co-authored over 140 research papers, mainly in the field of atmospheric science. She also runs her own climate blog, and has testified before the US House of Representatives. *[[Gretchen Daily]]: Professor of Environmental Science at Stanford University, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford, and senior fellow at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Co-founder, Natural Capital Project. She is a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. She is a board member of the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics and The Nature Conservancy and was a MacArthur fellow. *[[Ruth DeFries]]: Professor of Sustainable Development Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University. She is a faculty affiliate of the Earth Institute, Columbia University. She is a member of the United States Academy of Sciences and was a MacArthur Fellow in 2007. Defries specializes in using remote sensing to study earth's habitability in the context of deforestation and other human drivers that influence biophysical and biogeochemical regulatory processes. *[[Sandra Díaz (ecologist)|Sandra Diaz]]:<ref>[http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/people/diazsandra.php]{{dead link|date=October 2020}}</ref> Professor of Community and Ecosystems Ecology at Córdoba National University, and Senior Principal Researcher of the National Research Council of Argentina. She studies plant interactions with global change drivers and their effects on ecosystem properties. She was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2002 and is a Foreign Associate Member of the USA National Academy of Sciences. She participated in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the IPCC. She is a member of the Science Committee of the international programme on biodiversity science DIVERSITAS, and the founder and director of the international initiative Núcleo DiverSus on Diversity and Sustainability. *[[Opha Pauline Dube]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kanono|first=Ricardo|title=UN SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PROFESSOR DUBE TO EMINENT SCIENTISTS PANEL - The Patriot on Sunday|url=http://www.thepatriot.co.bw/news/item/8647-un-secretary-general-appoints-professor-dube-to-eminent-scientists-panel.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.thepatriot.co.bw|language=en-gb}}</ref> Professor of Environmental Science, [[University of Botswana]]. Dube has expertise in sustainable development, community-inclusive environmental management, and climate change adaptation. She is an IPCC contributing author. *[[Kristie Ebi|Kris Ebi]]:<ref>[https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/kristie-ebi]{{dead link|date=October 2020}}</ref> Professor of Global Health, University of Washington. Expert on climate change impacts on health, IPCC coordinating lead author. *[[Tamsin Edwards]]: British climate scientist, lecturer at [[King's College London]] and a popular science communicator. *[[Eunice Newton Foote]]: Conducted early studies on warming of air containing carbon dioxide, presented in 1856 at a meeting of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. *[[Inez Fung]]: Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of California, Berkeley. She studies interactions between climate change and biogeochemical cycles and models climate co-evolution with atmospheric {{CO2}}. She contributed to the IPCC and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She has been a fellow of NASA, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Meteorological Society. *[[Jacquelyn Gill]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacquelyn Gill - School of Biology and Ecology - University of Maine|url=https://sbe.umaine.edu/gill/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=School of Biology and Ecology|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Paleoecology|paleoecologist]] researching climate change and extinction in the ice age fossil record and Assistant Professor of Paleoecology and Plant Ecology at the [[University of Maine]]. *[[Genevieve Guenther]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=|url=https://www.genevieveguenther.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Affiliate Faculty at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School, she researches climate-change communication. She is an expert reviewer for the working group III of IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report. *[[Joyeeta Gupta]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un-ihe.org/joyeeta-gupta|title=Joyeeta Gupta &#124; IHE Delft Institute for Water Education}}</ref> Professor of environment and development in the global south at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research of the University of Amsterdam and UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft. She is a member of the Amsterdam Global Change Institute. She is a lead author of the IPCC and author of several books about global climate governance. *[[Heide Hackmann]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://council.science/about-us/headquarters/|title=Headquarters}}</ref> Chief Executive Officer, [[International Council for Science]] and former executive director, International Social Science Council (ISSC). She is a specialist in science policy studies, the governance of science, and research evaluation. *[[Joanna Haigh]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home - Professor Joanna D. Haigh|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.haigh|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.imperial.ac.uk}}</ref> BBC Womans Hour Top 30 Power List of 2020, retired professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London and co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a former head of the Department of Physics at Imperial College London, and a former president—now a vice-president—of the Royal Meteorological Society. She is an expert in solar variability and climate modelling. *[[Sandy Harrison]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/s-p-harrison.aspx|title=Professor Sandy Harrison - University of Reading|website=www.reading.ac.uk}}</ref> Professor in Global Palaeoclimates and Biogeochemical Cycles at the University of Reading. *[[Katharine Hayhoe]] :<ref>{{Cite web|last=Programme|first=UN Environment|title=Professor Katharine Hayhoe|url=http://www.unenvironment.org/championsofearth/laureates/2019/professor-katharine-hayhoe|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Champions of the Earth|language=en}}</ref> Professor at Texas Tech University where she is director of the Climate Science Center. She is well known for her efforts to communicate faith based, especially Christian, concern about climate change and was an author of the US National Climate Assessment. *[[Ann Henderson-Sellers]]: Emeritus Professor of the Department of Environment and Geography and founding director of the Climate Impacts Center at Macquarie University, Sydney. Former director of the World Climate Research Programme and the Environment Division at ANTSO. She was a convening lead author for the IPCC SAR. She is an elected Fellow of Australia's Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Her research comprises an intentional re-development of traditional climate science to communicate directly in the language of economics, policy, and regulation. *[[Ellie Highwood]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dept of Meteorology - University of Reading|url=http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sws00ejh/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.met.reading.ac.uk}}</ref> Professor of Climate Physics at the Department of Meteorology, [[University of Reading]] and Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Reading in the UK. Her research interest focus around atmospheric aerosols, climate change, science outreach, diversity and inclusion. *[[Kathryn Hochstetler]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=|url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/kathy-hochstetler|url-status=live|website=London School of Economics}}</ref> Professor of International Development at [[London School of Economics]]. Her research is on the role of emerging powers in global climate politics, with a special focus on renewable electricity in Brazil and South Africa. *[[Marika Holland]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/mholland/|title=OS People &#124; Marika Holland|website=www.cgd.ucar.edu}}</ref> Senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) USA and until recently the chief scientist of the [[Community Earth System Model]]. Her research is on the role of sea ice in the climate system. IPCC author. *[[Katharine Jacobs]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Katharine Jacobs|url=https://environment.arizona.edu/person/katharine-jacobs|url-status=live}}</ref> Director of the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS), Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona. CCASS builds and supports climate change adaptation and assessment capacity at regional, national and international scales. Jacobs is a full professor in Soil, Water and Environmental Science at the University of Arizona. From 2009 - 2013 Jacobs served as director of the U.S. National Climate Assessment and Assistant Director, Energy and Environment Division, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, USA. *[[Jill Jager (Williams)]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.esf.org/coordinating-research/forward-looks/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences-lee/current-forward-looks-in-life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/responses-to-environmental-and-societal-challenges-for-our-unstable-earth-rescue/scientific-steering-committee/jill-jaeger.html|title=Jill Jaeger : European Science Foundation|website=archives.esf.org}}</ref> Independent Scholar, former executive director of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) (1999 until 2002) and senior researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Austria (2004 until 2008). She studies research themes ranging from energy and climate, biodiversity, global responsibility, public and stakeholder participation, integrating policies to linkages between knowledge and action for sustainable development. * [[Mary Kalin Arroyo|Mary Therese Kalin Arroyo]]: Director of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity at the University of Chile in Santiago and winner of the Chilean National Prize in Natural Science in 2010. Her research interests center on the conservation of biodiversity of Mediterranean ecosystems and temperate forests of South America. She is a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, a member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences, and an honorary member of the Royal Society of New Zealand. *[[Sari Kovats]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/kovats.sari|title=Sari Kovats|website=LSHTM}}</ref> Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Environmental Research in the Faculty of Public Health and Policy. She is the knowledge mobilization lead for the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in partnership with Public Health England (PHE). She researches the effects of weather and climate on human health, including health impact assessments of climate change and epidemiological studies of the effects of climate, weather and weather events in urban and rural populations. She was a co-coordinating lead author of the Chapter 23 on Europe for the 5th IPCC Assessment Report. *[[Patricia Romero Lankao]]:<ref>https://www.nrel.gov/research/staff/patricia-romero-lankao.html</ref> Senior Research Scientist at NREL's Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences in joint appointment with University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation. Previously worked as a Scientist II at Research Applications Laboratory and Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR UCAR), former deputy director, Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment, NCAR, and former professor at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City. She studies the intersection among energy and water systems, mobility, and the built environment in cities. *[[Alice Larkin]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/null(4bde3e39-ab56-452d-ac64-c231c23b6c92).html|title=Prof Alice Larkin &#124; The University of Manchester|website=www.research.manchester.ac.uk}}</ref> Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy. Head of the School of Engineering] at the University of Manchester (UK)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.se.manchester.ac.uk/our-schools/engineering/|title=School of Engineering &#124; The University of Manchester &#124; Science and Engineering|website=www.se.manchester.ac.uk}}</ref> and member of the [[Tyndall Centre|Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tyndall.ac.uk/|title=Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research &#124;|website=tyndall.ac.uk}}</ref> Trained as a physicist, Professor Larkin's research now focuses on reducing emissions from the energy system, with specialist interest in the aviation and shipping sectors. *[[Margaret Leinen]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Margaret Leinen, Ph.D. {{!}} National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)|url=https://www.ncseglobal.org/bio/margaret-leinen|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.ncseglobal.org}}</ref> Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. Expert in paleoclimate, climate impacts on the ocean, climate engineering. She also serves as UC San Diego’s vice chancellor for marine sciences and dean of the School of Marine Sciences. She formally served as Vice Provost for Marine and Environmental Initiatives and executive director of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, a unit of Florida Atlantic University. *[[Maria Carmen Lemos]]:<ref>https://seas.umich.edu/research/faculty/maria-carmen-lemos</ref> Professor of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan and her broad research interest include climate adaptation and role of knowledge in building adaptive capacity. She was a lead author of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report and the 4th US National Climate Assessment. *[[Corinne Le Quéré]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Corinne Le Quéré {{!}} Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research|url=https://tyndall.ac.uk/people/corinne-le-qu%C3%A9r%C3%A9|access-date=2020-11-24|website=tyndall.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> Professor of Climate Change Science at University of East Angelia and former Director of the [[Tyndall Centre|Tyndall Center for Climate Change]] at the University of East Anglia, UK whose research has made major contributions to carbon sciences and contributed to the annual carbon budgets of the ICSU Global Carbon project. She is the Chair of France's High Council on climate and she is also a member of the UK Committee on Climate Change. *[[Diana Liverman]]:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-11|title=Diana Liverman|url=https://geography.arizona.edu/people/diana-liverman|access-date=2020-11-24|website=School of Geography, Development & Environment|language=en}}</ref> Professor of Geography and Development and formerly co-director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona USA and expert on the human dimensions of climate change. IPCC author. ICSU. *[[Jane Lubchenco]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jane Lubchenco {{!}} Distinguished University Professor and Marine Studies Advisor to the President|url=http://gordon.science.oregonstate.edu/lubchenco/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=gordon.science.oregonstate.edu}}</ref> Professor of environmental science and marine ecology at Oregon State University. Former Administrator of NOAA and Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (2009-2013). Her research interests include interactions between the environment and human well-being, biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable use of oceans and the planet. Nominated by President Obama in December 2008 as part of his “Science Dream Team”. *[[Amanda Lynch]]: Professor of Environmental Studies at [[Brown University]] and the director of Brown Institute of Environment and Society. She in an expert in polar climate modeling, indigenous environmental knowledge, and climate policy analysis. She is a Fellow of the [[American Meteorological Society]] and [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]]. *[[Graciela Magrin]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/inta|title=Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria|date=September 3, 2018|website=Argentina.gob.ar}}</ref><ref>https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Graciela-O-Magrin-2021093721</ref>Researcher at the Institute of Climate and Water at Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA) in Argentina. She participated in the IPCC and served as Training Material Reviewer of vulnerability and adaptation assessment related to climate change in the agriculture sector at the UNFCCC Secretariat in Germany. She specializes in climate change, vegetal ecophysiology, and agrometeorology. *[[Kate Marvel]] :<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-24|title=The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Kate Marvel|url=https://www.carbonbrief.org/carbon-brief-interview-dr-kate-marvel|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Carbon Brief|language=en}}</ref> New York City based climate scientist and science writer. She is an Associate Research Scientist at [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies|NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies]] and [[Columbia Engineering]]'s Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics. She writes regularly in her column "Hot Planet." for [[Scientific American]]. *[[Valerie Masson-Delmotte|Valérie Masson-Delmotte]]: Senior researcher at the Laboratoire des Science du Climat et de l’environnement, France. Co-chair of [[IPCC]] Working Group I.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Carbon Brief Interview: Valérie Masson-Delmotte |date=4 February 2016 |url=http://www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-interview-valerie-masson-delmotte |accessdate=2016-02-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205084722/http://www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-interview-valerie-masson-delmotte | archivedate=2016-02-05}}</ref> She specializes in reconstructing and understanding past climate variations using natural archives, stable isotopes and climate models. *[[Pamela Matson]]:<ref>https://woods.stanford.edu/people/pamela-matson</ref> Professor of Environmental Studies and former Dean of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, US; scholar of land use and sustainability science and member of the US National Academy of Sciences. *[[Shannon McNeeley]]:<ref>https://pacinst.org/team/dr-shannon-mcneeley/</ref> Senior Researcher at the Pacific Institute and formerly a research scientist at the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center at Colorado State University. She focuses on water and climate environmental justice for frontline communities and incorporates both natural and social sciences approach in her research. She was an author of third and fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment and currently serves on the steering committee of upcoming fifth National Adapation Forum. *[[Linda Mearns]]: Senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) USA who works on regional climate models and climate impacts. IPCC author. *[[Linda Mortsch]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/alumni-friends/profiles/linda-mortsch|title=Linda Mortsch|date=August 20, 2012|website=Environment}}</ref> Senior Researcher, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada. Adjunct in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. She researches on the impact of climate change on water resources and wetlands in Canada, climate change scenario development, and “effective” communication of climate change information. She is a contributing author of the IPCC. *[[Suzanne Moser]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.susannemoser.com/about.php|title=Susanne Moser — About|website=www.susannemoser.com}}</ref> Consultant and researcher from Santa Cruz, California, USA who works on climate change impacts on coastal regions and on communication of climate information. ICSU committees. *[[Sunita Narain]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=WHO {{!}} Biography of Ms Sunita Narain, Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment, India|url=http://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/interagency-coordination-group/sunita_narain_bio/en/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=WHO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-08|title=Sunita Narain|url=https://live.worldbank.org/experts/sunita-narain|access-date=2020-11-25|website=World Bank Live|language=en}}</ref> Director general of the India-based Centre for Science and Environment and the director of the Society for Environmental Communications and publisher of the bimonthly magazine, Down To Earth. She is an influential environmental activist with interests in democracy at different scales, climate change, and natural resource management. [[File:Sunita Narain CSE.jpg|thumb|upright|Sunita Narain CSE]] *[[Isabelle Niang]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://start.org/about/structure/africa|title=Isabelle Niang}}</ref> Professor at the University of Chiekh Anta Diop in Dakar. An expert in coastal erosion and climate change; coordinating lead author of the chapters on ‘Afrique du Groupe de travail II’ for IPCC, in the 4th and 5th reports. Since 2008, she has been coordinating regional project ACCC (Adaptation au Changements Climatiques et Côtiers en Afrique de l’Ouest) and is based in BREDA/UNESCO. She is also Chair of the Pan-African Regional Committee for START (PACOM) through the Pan-African START Secretariat (PASS) based at the Institute for Resource Assessment (IRA) of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. *[[Andrea J. Nightingale]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/people/aca/andrenig/index.html|title=Andrea Nightingale - Department of Sociology and Human Geography|first=Visiting address Harriet Holters husMoltke Moesvei 31 0851 OSLO Norway Mail address P. O. box 1096 Blindern 0317 OSLO Norway|last=Phone|website=www.sv.uio.no}}</ref> Professor of Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway. An expert on the politics of climate change adaptation and mitigation, gender and intersectionality in relation to climate change and the politics of climate knowledge. *[[Karen O'Brien]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/research/projects/solar-transitions/people/karenob.html|title=Karen O'Brien}}</ref> Professor of Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway who works on the human dimensions of global environmental change and societal transformation. IPCC author, ICSU committees *[[Elinor Ostrom]]: Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, USA who won the Nobel Prize for Economics and worked on the management of common property resources and sustainability. *[[Bette Otto-Bliesner]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/ottobli/|title=PPC People &#124; Bette Otto-Bliesner|website=www.cgd.ucar.edu}}</ref> Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, and serves as head of NCAR's Paleoclimate Modeling Program. She is an expert in using computer-based models of Earth's climate system to investigate past climate change and climate variability across a wide range of time scales. IPCC author. *[[Jean Palutikof]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Jean Palutikof {{!}} NCCARF - National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility|url=https://www.nccarf.edu.au/content/professor-jean-palutikof|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.nccarf.edu.au}}</ref> Founding Director of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) at Griffith University, Australia. Her research focuses on the application of climatic data to economic and planning issues, especially extreme events and their impacts. IPCC author. * [[Jyoti Kirit Parikh|Jyoti Parikh]]: Executive Director of Integrated Research and Action for Development IRADe. She is an expert on energy and environment problems of developing countries. She served as an energy consultant to the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Energy, EEC, Brussels and UN institutions such as UNIDO, FAO, UNU, UNESCO, and as an Environment Consultant to UNDP. IPCC author. *[[Joyce E. Penner]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/people/penner|title=Joyce Penner}}</ref> Professor of Atmospheric Science at University of Michigan. She studies cloud and aerosol interactions and cloud microphysics, climate and climate change, global tropospheric chemistry and budgets, and modelling. IPCC co-ordinating lead author. *[[Vicky Pope]]: Head of the Climate Prediction Programme at the Hadley Centre, which provides independent scientific advice on climate change. Her research interests include developing and validating climate models. *[[Maureen Raymo|Maureen E. Raymo:]] [[Paleoclimatology|Paleoclimatologist]] and [[Marine (ocean)|marine]] [[Geology|geologist]]. She is the director of the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository at the [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]] of [[Columbia University]]. *[[Katherine Richardson Christensen]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=hh320@cam.ac.uk|title=Katherine Richardson — Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership|url=https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/directory/katherine-richardson|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.cisl.cam.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen’s Sustainability Science Center. She was one of the main organizers of the scientific conference, "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions," which sought to inform the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference. She studies carbon cycling in the upper ocean and how biological processes impact food webs. She also researches planetary boundaries. *[[Terry Root]]:<ref>https://profiles.stanford.edu/terry-root</ref> Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for Environment at Stanford University who works on ecosystems and climate change especially birds. IPCC author. *[[Cynthia Rosenzweig]]: Researcher at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) New York who works on climate impacts on agriculture and on cities. IPCC author. *[[Joyashree Roy]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thebreakthrough.org/people/profile/joyashree-roy|title=Joyashree Roy}}</ref> Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University in India who is an expert on the Economics of Climate Change and IPCC author, awarded the Prince Sultan Bin Aziz Prize. *[[Mary Scholes]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary Scholes|url=https://www.wits.ac.za/staff/academic-a-z-listing/s/maryscholeswitsacza/|url-status=live}}</ref> Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg who has served on several international global change committees. Studies plant physiology and biology, especially nutrient cycling, sustainable agroforestry, and [[soil biology]]. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa. *[[:de:Miranda_Schreurs|Miranda Schreurs]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hfp.tum.de/en/environmentalpolicy/home/|title=Home - Umwelt- und Klimapolitik|website=www.hfp.tum.de}}</ref> Professor of Environmental and Climate Policy, Bavarian School of Public Policy,Technical University of Munich specialises in comparative environmental and climate governance. She has written on climate policy making in multiple world regions including Canada, China, the European Union, Germany, Japan, and the United States. *[[Sonia I. Seneviratne]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Switzerl|first=Address ETH Zürich Dep of Environmental Systems Science Prof Dr Sonia I. Seneviratne Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima CHN N. 11 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich|title=Seneviratne, Sonia I., Prof. Dr. {{!}} ETH Zurich|url=https://iac.ethz.ch/people-iac/person-detail.NTQ3Nzg=.TGlzdC82MzcsLTE5NDE2NTk2NTg=.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=iac.ethz.ch|language=en}}</ref> Swiss climate scientist, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zurich. She is a specialist of extreme climate events. *[[Sybil P. Seitzinger]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sybil Seitzinger - University of Victoria|url=https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/environmental/people/faculty/seitzingersybil.php|access-date=2020-11-24|website=UVic.ca|language=en}}</ref> Professor of Nutrient Biogeochemistry at the Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and executive director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Her Rutgers research group focuses on the sources and transport of nutrients (N, C, P) in watersheds and airsheds and their effect on aquatic ecosystems. *[[Karen Seto]]: Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science at Yale University. She is a geographer, urban and land change scientist; Her research focuses on the human transformation of land and the links between urbanization, global change, and sustainability. She co-founded and co-chaired the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project (UGEC) of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) from 2004 to 2016. She was Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and co-lead the urban mitigation chapter. She is a Coordinating Lead Author for the urban mitigation chapter for the [[IPCC Sixth Assessment Report]]. She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. *[[Joanne Simpson]]: (1923 – 2010) First woman to ever receive a Ph.D. in meteorology. She was graduated from the University of Chicago and taught and researched at numerous universities. She was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Simpson contributed to many areas of the atmospheric sciences and helped develop the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). *[[Julia Slingo]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Julia Slingo {{!}} Royal Society|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/julia-slingo-12294/?commitee=/about-us/committees/climate-change-working-party-208/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb}}</ref> Meteorologist, climate scientist, visiting Professor at the University of Reading, and Chief Scientist at the British Met Office between 2009 and 2016. Her specific interests include tropical climate variability and its influence on the global climate and climate modelling. Slingo was the first female Professor of Meteorology in the UK as well as, in 2008, the first woman President of the Royal Meteorological Society. *[[Amy Snover]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cig.uw.edu/about/people/amy-snover/|title=Amy Snover}}</ref> Director of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, University Director of the Northwest Climate Science Center and Assistant Dean for Applied Research in the University of Washington’s College of the Environment. Snover is a recognized leader for her work connecting decision-makers and stakeholders to the scientific data, tools, and guidance necessary for managing the climate risks facing the people, communities, and ecosystems across the Northwest of the United States. Amy was a 2015 White House Champion of Change for Climate Education and Literacy, a co-convening lead author for the Third US National Climate Assessment, and lead author of the groundbreaking 2007 guidebook, Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments. *[[Susan Solomon]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Solomon, Susan {{!}} MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences|url=https://eapsweb.mit.edu/people/solos|access-date=2020-11-24|website=eapsweb.mit.edu|language=en}}</ref> Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science known for her work on atmospheric chemistry and ozone and for leading the IPCC 4th assessment report on climate science. Member US National Academy of Sciences. She won the Volvo Environment and Blue Planet prizes. *[[LuAnne Thompson]]:<ref>[https://www.ocean.washington.edu/home/LuAnne+Thompson LuAnne Thompson]</ref> Professor of Oceanography at the University of Washington known for her work in communicating climate science and drawing connections between climate change and environmental sustainability, health and socioeconomic inequities. *[[Isabella Velicogna]]:<ref>[https://www.ess.uci.edu/~velicogna Isabella Velicogna]</ref> Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California Irvine known for her work on time-variable space borne gravity to study the mass balance of ice sheets and changes in terrestrial water storage. IPCC. Thomson Reuters HCR. EGU Vening Meinesz Medal. Kavli fellow of NAS. *[[Diana Urge-Vorsatz]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.ceu.edu/diana_urge-vorsatz|title=Diana Ürge-Vorsatz &#124; CEU People|website=people.ceu.edu}}</ref> Director, Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP) and Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University. She specializes in environmental and energy studies especially energy efficiency and buildings. IPCC author. *[[Carolina Vera]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/ppersonal.php?p=1|title=CIMA|website=www.cima.fcen.uba.ar}}</ref> Director of the Center for Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences (CIMA) and UMI/IFAECI, a joint institute with the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina’s National Council of Sciences (CONICET) and CNRS (France). She is also Full Professor of the School of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. IPCC special report on extremes author. *[[Coleen Vogel]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coleen Vogel|url=https://www.wiomsa.org/personnel/coleen-vogel/|url-status=live}}</ref> Independent Consultant and previously Professor of Sustainability at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She chaired the International Scientific Committee of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Climate Change and is an IPCC author. Her research has focused on [[climate change vulnerability|climate vulnerability]] and southern Africa. *[[Penny Whetton]] (1958-2019): Climatologist and an expert in regional climate change projections due to global warming their impacts. Her primary scientific focus was Australia. IPCC author. *[[Kathy Willis]]: Ecologist who is the director of science at Kew Gardens, UK, and a professor at Oxford University who works on ecology, environmental history and biodiversity. *[[Julie Winkler]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://espp.msu.edu/directory/winkler-julie.html|url-status=live|website=msu.edu}}</ref> Professor at Michigan State University and past president of the Association of American Geographers her work focuses on climate and its impacts, especially in the Great Lakes and Midwest of the United States. *[[Kirsten Zickfeld]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/geography/people/profiles/kirsten-zickfeld.html|title=Kirsten Zickfeld}}</ref> Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada, working on the effects of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols on climate on centennial to millennial timescales. *[[Rosa Perez|Rosa Perez:]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profiles of Members|url=https://climate.gov.ph/our-story/our-experts/profiles-of-members|access-date=2021-09-27|website=climate.gov.ph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Rosa Perez {{!}} specialist in hydro-meteorology, disaster risk reduction and adaptation policies {{!}} Philippines|url=https://klimaatadaptatiegroningen.nl/en/dr-rosa-perez-or-specialist-in-hydro-meteorology-disaster-risk-reduction-and-adaptation-policies-or-philippines|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Climate Adaptation Groningen|language=en}}</ref> Senior Research Fellow at the Manila Observatory and a climate scientist specializing in hydro-meteorology, disaster risk reduction and adaptation policies on climate change. She is a lead author in Chapter 18 of the Working Group II of the 6th IPCC assessment report. She served as reviewer and lead author in the earlier IPCC assessment reports. At the Philippines Climate Change Commission, she is a member of the National Panel of Technical Experts. *Maria Virginia Vilariño:<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-virginia-vilari%C3%B1o-0ab65a8/?originalSubdomain=ar</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BCSD Argentina advocates for business solutions at Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week|url=https://www.wbcsd.org/Overview/Global-Network/News/BCSD-Argentina-advocates-for-business-solutions-at-Latin-America-and-Caribbean-Climate-Week|access-date=2021-09-27|website=World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)|language=en-GB}}</ref>Climate and Energy Manager at the Argentinian Business Council for Sustainable Development. Her expertise includes sustainability, climate change and sustainable management tools for different economic sectors. She leads the Circular Economy Initiative in Argentina, in cooperation with GIZ to identify circular models and practices in different economic sectors and assess the contribution of the circular economy to climate goals in Argentina. She is a lead author of the IPCC 5th Assessment WG3 report on climate mitigation and a lead author of the IPCC 1.5C Special Report (SR1.5). *So Min Cheong:<ref>{{Cite web|title=So-Min Cheong|url=https://geog.ku.edu/people/so-min-cheong|access-date=2021-09-27|website=geog.ku.edu|language=en}}</ref> Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Kansas. Her research focuses on the social consequences of environmental disasters and climate change adaptation. She is a lead author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and the IPCC special report on ocean and cryosphere. She has also worked on a number of commissioned reports for the Korean government, UNESCO and WMO on the topic of coastal management, climate change adaptation and boundary issues and disaster management. *[[Inés Camilloni]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ines Camilloni|url=https://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/people/ines-camilloni|access-date=2021-09-27|website=geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu|language=en}}</ref> Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires and an independent researcher at the Center for Research on the Sea and Atmosphere. Her research focuses on Climate Variability and Change in South America. She has been a lead author for the IPCC AR5-WG1 and SR1.5 reports and currently she is Review Editor of IPCC AR6-WG1. *Riyanti Djalante:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Riyanti Djalante|url=https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/person/riyanti-djalante/|access-date=2021-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Manager|date=2019-11-27|title=Riyanti Djalante|url=https://www.resourcepanel.org/the-panel/riyanti-djalante|language=en}}</ref> Assistant Director/Head of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Division at the ASEAN Secretariat. Her research focuses on issues related to sustainable development, governance, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Currently, she is a fellow of the Earth System Governance Network and an IPCC Lead Author. *Adelle Thomas:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team / Climate Analytics|url=https://climateanalytics.org/about-us/team/adelle-thomas/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=climateanalytics.org|language=en}}</ref> Human-Environment Geographer, focused on climate change adaptation and loss and damage. She is a Senior Fellow at University of The Bahamas. At Climate Analytics, she is the Vulnerability, Adaptation and Gender Expert, along with her position as Senior Caribbean Research Associate. She is currently a lead author for the IPCC sixth assessment report, working group II and also served as a lead author for the IPCC special report on 1.5C. *Joy Jacqueline Pereira:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joy Jacqueline Pereira — IPCC|url=https://www.ipcc.ch/people/joy-jacqueline-pereira/|access-date=2021-09-27}}</ref> Vice Chair of the Working Group II of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. She is a professor and principal research fellow at the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative of the Institute  Environment and Development in University Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM) and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia.  Her research focuses on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mineral resource management for sustainable development, with a focus on linking science to policy. She has previously served as a coordinating lead author for Chapter 24 on Asia of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Lead Author for the IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report and a Review Editor for the 2012 IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. *Debora Ley:<ref><nowiki>https://www.linkedin.com/in/debora-ley-phd-029b725/?originalSubdomain=uk</nowiki> </ref> Economic Affairs Officer of Energy and Natural Resources at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). She is a lead author of IPCC 1.5 C Special Report. She is an experienced renewable energy and climate change specialist who worked across different sectors and at different scales from grassroots to regional level in the field of clean energy and climate change mitigation and adaptation. *Sharina Abdul Halim:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Academic {{!}} LESTARI UKM|url=https://www.ukm.my/lestari/staff-department/academic/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=www.ukm.my}}</ref> Environmental sociologist at Institute for Environment and Development, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her research focuses on islands and indigengous community, sustainable livelihoods, tourism development and heritage conservation. She is a lead author for Chapter 5 on the IPCC 1.5 C Special Report and Chapter 10 for the Working Group II of the IPCC AR6. *Purnamita Dasgupta:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dasgupta, Purnamita (On Leave) {{!}} Institute of Economic Growth|url=http://iegindia.org/staffmembers/faculty/detail/3549/3|access-date=2021-09-27|website=iegindia.org}}</ref> Chair Professor and Head of Environmental Economics Unit at Institute of Economic Growth, India. Her research focuses on the relationship between environment and economic development. She has been author/advisor to international research assessments including the IPCC 1.5C Special Report and International Panel on Social Progress; the IPCC’s Scientific Steering Group on Economics, Costing and Ethics; Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. *Patricia Fernanda Pinho:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patricia F. Pinho|url=https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/person/patricia-pinho/|access-date=2021-09-27}}</ref> Visiting professor/researcher at Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo. Her research focuses on analysis of ecosystem services, human wellbeing, governance and climate change through socio-ecological lens. She is a lead author of Working Group II of IPCC AR6 and IPCC 1.5C Special Report. She has extensive experience in integrated impact analysis, vulnerabilities and adaptation to extreme events related to global environmental change. *Svitlana Krakovska:<ref><nowiki>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Svitlana-Krakovska</nowiki>  </ref> Head of Applied Climatology Laboratory at Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute and senior scientist at National Antarctic Scientific Centre. Her expertise includes numerical modeling, atmospheric physics, climate change, climate variability and meteorology. She is a review editor of IPCC 1.5 C Special Report and an author of IPCC AR6 Technical Summary. *Birgit Bednar-Friedl:<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Birgit-Bednar-Friedl</ref> Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Graz, Austria. Her expertise includes environmental economics, natural resource management, climate change impacts, energy economics, and biodiversity and conservation. She is an author of IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. ==Women climate change policy makers and activists== [[File:Greta Thunberg 4.jpg|thumb|upright|Thunberg on strike in 2018]] *[[Franny Armstrong]]: British documentary film director known for films including ''The Age of Stupid'', a reflection from 2055 about climate change. She founded the carbon reduction campaign [[10:10]] in 2009. *[[Gro Harlem Brundtland]]: Former prime minister of Norway and author of the Brundtland report on Sustainable Development who has served on countless international committees on the environment. *[[Kotchakorn Voraakhom]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kotchakorn Voraakhom|url=https://asiafoundation.org/people/kotchakorn-voraakhom/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Asia Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> Thai landscape architect, public green space campaigner, Echoing Green ''Climate'' Fellow and chief executive officer of Porous City Network. She is also the founder of the Koungkuey Design Initiative. *[[Helen Clark]]: Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999-2008). Clark's government implemented several major economic initiatives including the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. *[[Sheila Watt-Cloutier]]: Canadian Inuit activist who has focused on persistent organic pollutants and global warming, among other issues. *[[Christiana Figueres]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Christiana Figueres|url=https://unfccc.int/about-us/the-executive-secretary/former-executive-secretary-ms-christiana-figueres|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-25|website=unfccc.int}}</ref> Costa Rican diplomat who has served in negotiations over climate change instruments since 1995. She became the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010. She was the founder of the [[Global Optimism group]] and was also the head of the UN climate change convention which led to the Paris agreement in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-15|title=Christiana Figueres on the climate emergency: 'This is the decade and we are the generation'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/15/christiana-figueres-climate-emergency-this-is-the-decade-the-future-we-choose|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> *[[Fiona Godlee]]: Anglo-American doctor, editor and journalist. Founder member and board director of the Climate and Health Council. Executive committee for the [[UK Health Alliance on Climate Change]]. *[[Genevieve Guenther]]: Founder and director of End Climate Silence and a nominee for the 2020 EcoAmerica American Climate Leadership Awards. *[[Katharine Wilkinson]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coxon|first=Sara-Katherine|date=2020-07-01|title=Katharine Wilkinson|url=https://www.climateone.org/people/katharine-wilkinson|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Climate One|language=en}}</ref> a writer and climate change activist and vice president at [[Project Drawdown]]. She is among the 2019 [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]]'s list of women who will save the world. *Anne Simpson :<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ann|first=Jane|date=2015-02-20|title=Anne Simpson|url=https://www.climateone.org/people/anne-simpson|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Climate One|language=en}}</ref> [[CalPERS]]’ director of board governance & strategy. She was part of ''Time'' magazine's list of 15 women leading the global fight on climate change, GreenBiz's list of 25 "kickass" women on climate change and Barron’s (Dow Jones) list of 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance. She was previously senior faculty fellow and lecturer at the Yale School of Management, [[World Bank]]'s head of the global corporate governance forum, first executive director of the International Corporate Governance Network and joint managing director of Pensions and Investment Research Consultants Limited. *[[Wu Changhua]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Changhua Wu|url=https://www.globalfemaleleaders.com/speaker/changhua-wu/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Global Female Leaders summit|language=en-US}}</ref> Chinese policy analyst and China/Asia Director of Office of Jeremy Rifkin. She is the Greater China director of The Climate Group, director of China studies of [[World Resources Institute]], and editor of the English edition of China Environment News. *[[Julia Marton-Lefevre]]: Hungarian environmentalist and academic who was Director General of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, from 2007 to 2014 and formerly Rector of the UN University for Peace. *[[Jacqueline McGlade]]: Marine biologist and environmental informatics professor. Her research focuses on the spatial and nonlinear dynamics of ecosystems, climate change and scenario development. She was head of the European Environment Bureau. *[[Catherine McKenna]]: Canadian human rights and social justice lawyer and [[Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Canada)|Minister of Environment and Climate Change]] in [[Justin Trudeau]]'s [[29th Canadian Ministry|cabinet]]. *[[Mary Robinson]]: Former president of Ireland and UN Commissioner on Human Rights who now serves as the UN special envoy on climate change *[[Marina Silva]]: Brazilian environmentalist, politician, Minister of Environment and former colleague of Chico Mendes. She ran in the 2010 and 2014 Brazilian elections. *[[Greta Thunberg]]: Swedish activist who began protesting outside the [[Swedish parliament]] about the need for immediate action to combat climate change, also credited with initiating the [[School strike for climate|school strike]] for climate movement in 2018 and 2019. She spoke for the UN Climate Action Summit in New York in September 2019. *[[Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hindou Ibrahim|url=https://www.unsdgadvocates.org/hindou-ibrahim|access-date=2020-11-24|website=SDG Advocates|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-01-10|title=Hindu Oumarou Ibrahim: Speaking up for the rights of the Mbororo|url=https://en.unesco.org/courier/2019-1/hindu-oumarou-ibrahim-speaking-rights-mbororo|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-24|website=UNESCO|language=en}}</ref> Chadian environmental activist and geographer, coordinator of the {{lang|fr|Association des Femmes Peules Autochtones du Chad}} (AFPAT, the association of indigenous Fulani women of Chad ) and served as the co-chair of the [[International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change]]. *[[Miranda Wang]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Environment|first=U. N.|title=Miranda Wang|url=http://www.unenvironment.org/youngchampions/bio/2018/north-america/miranda-wang|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program|language=en}}</ref> Co-founder and CEO of BioCellection, 2018 [[United Nations Environment Programme|UN Environment Programme]]'s Young Champions of the Earth award for North America. She is also an Echoing Green Fellow, TED Speaker, and [[CNN]] Tomorrow’s Hero. *[[Rhiana Gunn-Wright]]:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woods|first=Lea|title=Rhiana Gunn-Wright|url=https://iwpr.org/member/rhiana-gunn-wright/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=IWPR 2020|language=en}}</ref> Director of climate policy at the [[Roosevelt Institute]], formally the policy director for New Consensus. she is a Chamberlain Fellow of Women and Public Policy at the [[Institute for Women's Policy Research]], and served on the policy team for former First Lady [[Michelle Obama]]. *[[Hilda Heine]]:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-25|title=Hilda C. Heine|url=https://live.worldbank.org/experts/hilda-c-heine|access-date=2020-11-25|website=World Bank Live|language=en}}</ref> First female president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands elected in January 2016, she served as Minister of Education during the tenure of former President [[Christopher J. Loeak]]. She is the co-founder of the women’s rights group Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Her Excellency Dr Hilda C. Heine|url=https://www.spc.int/sdp/70-inspiring-pacific-women/her-excellency-dr-hilda-c-heine|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Pacific Community|language=en}}</ref> She is one of the Pacific leaders who are focal about climate crisis and the chair of the [[Climate Vulnerable Forum]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lyons|first=Kate|date=2019-09-20|title='Save us, save the world': Pacific climate warriors taking the fight to the UN|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/21/save-us-save-the-world-pacific-climate-warriors-taking-the-fight-to-the-un|access-date=2020-11-25|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[Tessa Khan]]:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tessa Khan {{!}} Climate Breakthrough Project|url=https://www.climatebreakthroughproject.org/awardee/tessa-khan/|access-date=2020-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref> co-director of the Climate Litigation Network, and received an award from the Climate Breakthrough Project in 2018. She is known for her focus on international human rights law as a tool to dramatically increase national climate mitigation ambition. *[[Rachel Kyte]]:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-12|title=Rachel Kyte|url=https://live.worldbank.org/experts/rachel-kyte|access-date=2020-11-25|website=World Bank Live|language=en}}</ref> Chief executive officer of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All. She previously served as World Bank Group vice president and Special Envoy for Climate Change and International Finance Corporation Vice President for Business Advisory Services. She is currently the dean at Fletcher School Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rachel Kyte, Fletcher School Inc/The: Profile and Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/16717986|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref> == See also == * [[Climate change and gender]] * [[Climate justice]] * [[List of climate scientists]] * [[Women in science]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{climate change|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Climate change and society]] [[Category:Women and science|*]]'