Professor Sir Brian John Hoskins,CBE FRS,is a British dynamical meteorologist and climatologist based at the Imperial College London and the University of Reading. He is a recipient of the 2024 Japan Prize along with Professor John Michael Wallace in the field of "Resources,Energy,the Environment,and Social Infrastructure" for "Establishment of a scientific foundation for understanding and predicting extreme weather events". He is a mathematician by training,his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale of fronts to that of the Earth,using a range of theoretical and numerical models. He is perhaps best known for his work on the mathematical theory of extratropical cyclones and frontogenesis,particularly through the use of potential vorticity. He has also produced research across many areas of meteorology,including the Indian monsoon and global warming,recently contributing to the Stern review and the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.
Sir John Theodore Houghton was a Welsh atmospheric physicist who was the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) scientific assessment working group which shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore. He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. He was professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford,former Director General at the Met Office and founder of the Hadley Centre.
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) was built by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) on the basis of a 10-Year Implementation Plan running from 2005 to 2015. GEOSS seeks to connect the producers of environmental data and decision-support tools with the end users of these products,with the aim of enhancing the relevance of Earth observations to global issues. GEOSS aims to produce a global public infrastructure that generates comprehensive,near-real-time environmental data,information and analyses for a wide range of users. The Secretariat Director of Geoss is Barbara Ryan.
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent international research institute located in Laxenburg,near Vienna in Austria,founded as an East-West scientific cooperation initiative during the Cold War. Through its research programs and initiatives,the institute conducts policy-oriented interdisciplinary research into issues too large or complex to be solved by a single country or academic discipline. These include climate change,energy security,population aging,and sustainable development. The results of IIASA research and the expertise of its researchers are made available to policymakers worldwide to help them make informed and evidence-based policies.
The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML),a federal research laboratory,is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR),located in Miami in the United States. AOML's research spans tropical cyclone and hurricanes,coastal ecosystems,oceans and human health,climate studies,global carbon systems,and ocean observations. It is one of seven NOAA Research Laboratories (RLs).
The International Social Science Council (ISSC) was an international non-governmental organization promoting the social sciences,including the economic and behavioural sciences. Founded in 1952,the organization was based out of UNESCO headquarters in Paris,France.
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) was established in 1992 as an outcome of the Second World Climate Conference,to ensure that the observations and information needed to address climate-related issues are obtained and made available to all potential users. The GCOS is co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO,the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),and the International Council for Science (ICSU). In order to assess and monitor the adequacy of in-situ observation networks as well as satellite-based observing systems,GCOS regularly reports on the adequacy of the current climate observing system to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),and thereby identifies the needs of the current climate observing system.
Jagadish Shukla is an Indian meteorologist and Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University in the United States.
The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) was a research programme that studied the human and societal aspects of the phenomenon of global change.
Climate change in Africa is an increasingly serious threat as Africa is among the most vulnerable continents to the effects of climate change. Some sources even classify Africa as "the most vulnerable continent on Earth". This vulnerability is driven by a range of factors that include weak adaptive capacity,high dependence on ecosystem goods for livelihoods,and less developed agricultural production systems. The risks of climate change on agricultural production,food security,water resources and ecosystem services will likely have increasingly severe consequences on lives and sustainable development prospects in Africa. With high confidence,it was projected by the IPCC in 2007 that in many African countries and regions,agricultural production and food security would probably be severely compromised by climate change and climate variability. Managing this risk requires an integration of mitigation and adaptation strategies in the management of ecosystem goods and services,and the agriculture production systems in Africa.
Fennec is a large-scale,international,multi-institutional,multi-platform,observational,modelling and satellite climate program in the Saharan Heat Low region. The Saharan Heat Low is a key component of the West African Monsoon and is the location of the largest mineral aerosol loadings on the planet in the northern summer. The inhospitable,vast area of the Heat Low has virtually no routine meteorological observations. Knowledge of the key atmospheric processes in this important region is therefore very limited and this knowledge deficit results in reduced performance of both weather and climate prediction in and well beyond the north/west African region. The Fennec project is designed to address this knowledge deficit. It is the first major climate program in the central Sahara. The ideas for Fennec,which is a British,French and German initiative,grew out of the African Multidisciplinary Monsoon Analysis (AMMA). Fennec is the project name –it is not an acronym.
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and six countries—Bangladesh,Canada,Ghana,Mexico,Sweden,and the United States—on 16 February 2012. The CCAC aims to catalyze rapid reductions in short-lived climate pollutants to protect human health,agriculture and the environment. To date,more than $90 million has been pledged to the Climate and Clean Air Coalition from Canada,Denmark,the European Commission,Germany,Japan,the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,and the United States. The program is managed out of the United Nations Environmental Programme through a Secretariat in Paris,France.
James O. Adegoke is a Nigerian-American climate scientist and professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) where he served as Chair of the Department of Geosciences (2008-2010). He also served as an appointee of the Mayor of Kansas City Missouri on the city's Environmental Management Commission (EMC) and has testified before the South Africa Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology and the Climate Change Committee of the Nigerian House of Representatives. In the United States,he has testified at the United States House of Representatives for the United States House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
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 and "critical" by the Population Reference Bureau. A report by the World Health Organization concluded that incorporating gender-based analysis would "provide more effective climate change mitigation and adaptation."
Rabia Salihu Sa'id is a Nigerian physicist,professor of atmospheric and space-weather physics,and a researcher at Bayero University Kano. She conducts research in atmospheric and space weather physics,particle physics,and electronics. Sa'id is an advocate and mentor for young women in science with the Visiola Foundation and Peace Corps;she co-founded Nigeria's Association of Women Physicists. She is an advocate and mentor of Science,technology,engineering,and mathematics (STEM) education and is a facilitator for the British Council's Active Citizens' Programme.
Prashant Goswami is an Indian computational geoscientist,climatologist and the director of the National Institute of Science,Technology and Development Studies,New Delhi. He is a former scientist at the Fourth Paradigm Institute and is known for his studies on the tropical atmospheric variability across the time scales. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research,awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology,one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Earth,Atmosphere,Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 2001.
Janet Barlow is a Scottish scientist and professor of environmental physics at the University of Reading. She is an experimental physicist who has made significant contributions to our understanding of urban meteorology,with particular regards to weather forecasting,urban sustainability,indoor and outdoor air quality,building ventilation,and environmental wind engineering.
Olumide Idowu,is a Nigerian youth campaigner and climate change activist. He is the co-founder of the International Climate Change Development Initiative,Climate Wednesday and Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition. Olumide was an Atlas Corps fellow,State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni,social media and communications officer for Association for the Development of Education in Africa,Triennale 2017 in Senegal,and the senior communication director for African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC). He was the Organizing Committee Member for 7th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Mexico,African Youth Champion for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and he received the 2015 Save the Children Award for his Contribution towards Sustainable Development in Nigeria.
Aliyu Salisu Barau is a Nigerian academic and a full professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Bayero University Kano. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Bayero University Kano and the West Africa Hub Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN),affiliated with the Earth Institute,Columbia University. He is also a Chartered Town Planner of the UK's Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
