I was the Founding Director (2000-2007) of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK, which has been headquartered in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA) since its launch in October 2000. I have worked at UEA since 1988, following a period as lecturer in geography at the University of Salford. I have published over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and over 30 book chapters on climate change topics, together with over 220 reports and popular articles. I have prepared climate scenarios and reports for the UK Government (including the UKCIP98 and UKCIP02 scenarios), the European Commission, UNEP, UNDP, WWF-International and the IPCC. I was co-ordinating Lead Author for the chapter on ‘Climate scenario development’ for the Third Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as well as a contributing author for several other chapters.
I am leading the EU Integrated Project ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies) during the period 2006-2009, which comprises a 26-member European research consortium contributing research to the development of EU climate policy. I edit the journal Global Environmental Change with Neil Adger and Katrina Brown. I have advised numerous companies and non-governmental organisations about climate change and its implications. I was jointly awarded the Hugh Robert Mill Medal in 1995 by the Royal Meteorological Society for work on rainfall variability and I delivered the 2005 Queen’s Lecture in Berlin. I am a frequent speaker about climate change at academic, professional and public events, and for the media. For 12 years, I wrote a monthly climate column for The Guardian newspaper.
Curriculum vitae
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