Calestous Juma was a Kenyan scientist and academic,specializing in sustainable development. He was named one of the most influential 100 Africans in 2012,2013 and 2014 by the New African magazine. He was Professor of the Practice of International Development and Faculty Chair of the Innovation for Economic Development Executive Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Juma was Director of the School's Science,Technology and Globalization Project at Harvard Kennedy School as well as the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. His last book,Innovation and Its Enemies:Why People Resist New Technologies, was published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
Cornelius Francis "Neal" Lane,is an American physicist and senior fellow in science and technology policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Malcolm Gillis University Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy Emeritus at Rice University in Houston,Texas.
Daniel Paul Schrag is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology,Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at Harvard University and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. He also co-directs the Science,Technology and Public Policy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School. He is also an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is a department of the United States government,part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP),established by United States Congress on May 11,1976,with a broad mandate to advise the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is a council in the Executive Branch of the United States. It is designed to coordinate science and technology policy across the branches of federal government.
The Cyprus Institute is a non-profit research and educational institution with a strong scientific and technological orientation. It was formally established in 2005,and started operations in 2007.
Ottmar Georg Edenhofer is a German economist who is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on climate change policy,environmental and energy policy,and energy economics. His work has been heavily cited. Edenhofer currently holds the professorship of the Economics of Climate Change at the Technical University of Berlin. Together with Earth scientist Johan Rockström,economist Ottmar Edenhofer is scientific director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK),representing the interdisciplinary and solutions-oriented approach of the institute. Furthermore,he is director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). From 2008 to 2015 he served as one of the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III "Mitigation of Climate Change".
Robert W. Corell is an American global climate scientist,principal for the Global Environment &Technology Foundation,an ambassador for ClimateWorks,professor II at the University of the Arctic's new Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry,a professor II at the University of Tromso,and director of the Sarasota,Florida-based Climate Adaptation Center (CAC). He is a partner of the Sustainability Institute and its C-ROADS Climate Interactive Initiative,and head of US Office for the Global Energy Assessment. In 1996 he was Awarded Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit by the President of Brazil. In 2003 a Mountain region in Antarctic was named the "Corell Cirque" in his honor. He contributed to the assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,an organisation that was co-awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize,and in 2010 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine by the Norges veterinærhøgskole . He joined the H. John Heinz III Center for Science,Economics and the Environment in 2006 as vice president for programs and policy.
John Paul Holdren is an American scientist who served as the senior advisor to President Barack Obama on science and technology issues through his roles as assistant to the president for science and technology,director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
The Arctic policy of the United States is the foreign policy of the United States in regard to the Arctic region. In addition,the United States' domestic policy toward Alaska is part of its Arctic policy.
Michael Calvin MacCracken,has been chief scientist for climate change programs with the Climate Institute in Washington,D.C.,since 2002;he was also elected to its board of directors in 2006.
Tan Sri Zakri bin Abdul Hamid has had a distinguished career in science as a researcher,educator,administrator and diplomat.
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."
Frances Colón is an American science diplomat and environmental policy expert most notably having served at the United States Department of State between September 2008 and January 2017. In her work,she promotes the integration of science and technology into foreign policy dialogues;global scientific engagement for capacity-building;the advancement of women in STEM;and the use of innovation as a tool for economic growth around the world.
Ann M. Bartuska is an ecologist and biologist. She is a senior advisor at Resources for the Future and a former Deputy Under Secretary for Research,Education,and Economics (REE) at the United States Department of Agriculture and former USDA Chief Scientist.
Vickie Sutton is a Lumbee Law professor currently on the faculty of Texas Tech University. Since 2014,Sutton has been on the Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response.
Bina Venkataraman is an American science policy expert and journalist. She is currently the Editor at Large of The Boston Globe and a fellow at the New America Foundation. She previously served as a senior advisor for Climate Change Innovation under President Barack Obama's administration and advised the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on the Ebola epidemic.
Kyle Powys Whyte is an Indigenous philosopher and climate/environmental justice scholar. He is a Professor of Environment and Sustainability and George Willis Pack Professor at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability. Whyte formally served as the Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University's College of Arts &Letters.
Shobita Parthasarathy is an American academic,author,and contributor to the field of Science and Technology Studies based at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is the director of the Science,Technology,and Public Policy Program,a research,education,and policy engagement center concerned with questions at the intersection of science,technology,policy,and society. She has received numerous prominent awards and grants for her work and has provided expert advice on technology,equity,and policy to civil society groups,international organizations,and governments around the world,including testimony to the U.S. Congress.
