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Preparation of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report includes 84 Latin American and Caribbean scientists

By Victoria Elmore* and Guy Edwards

Over the course of 2013 & 2014 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will publish its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).  In 2007 the IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Although there has been some recent controversy surrounding the IPCC, it remains the most authoritative and trusted international scientific body on climate change.

The following list, which is based on information available on the IPCC’s site, profiles all the Latin American and Caribbean scientists involved in the AR5. It is divided up into the three Working Groups and includes the name, country and institution of each scientist from the region. This list raises a number of interesting questions on the current state of investigation on climate change in the region, which we will try and address in another post soon.

Working Group 1: The Physical Science Basis

 

Matilde Rusticucci, Argentina, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Jose Marengo, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)

Edmo Campos, Brazil, Universidade de São Paulo

Ilana Wainer, Brazil, Universidade de São Paulo

Jorge Carrasco, Chile, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile

Maisa Rojas, Chile, Universidad de Chile

Paulo Artaxo, Brazil, Universidade de São Paulo

Blanca Mendoza, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Sin Chan Chou, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)

Ines Camilloni, Argentina, Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CONICET/UBA)

Iracema Cavalcanti, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)

Avelino G. Suarez, Cuba, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática

Working Group 2: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Cecilia Conde, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Blanca Jimenez, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Miguel Angel Taboada, Argentina, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Salvador Lluch-Cota, Mexico, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C.

Maria Isabel Travasso, Argentina, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Fernando Aragon, Mexico, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur

Oman-Dario Cardona, Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

David Dodman, Jamaica, International Institute for Environment and Development (UK)

Francisco Meza, Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Dave Chadee, Trinidad and Tobago, University of the West Indies

Ulisses Confalonieri, Brazil, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Ursula Oswald-Spring, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Paulina Aldunce, Chile, Universidad de Chile

Alicia Villamizar, Venezuela, Universidad Simon Bolivar

Roberto A. Sanchez Rodriguez, Mexico, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Carolina Dubeux, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Eduardo Calvo, Peru, Unversidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Maria Assuncao Silva Dias, Brazil, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Maximillano Campos, Costa Rica, Organization of American States

Patricia Romero Lankao, Mexico, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Carlos Gay-Garcia, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Ana Rosa Moreno, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Graciela Ordilla Magrin, Argentina, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Carlos Nobre, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)

Marcos Buckeridge, Brazil, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Edwin Castellanos, Guatemala, Universidad de Valle de Guatemala

German Poveda, Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Fabio Scarano, Brazil, Conservation International

Sebastian Vicuna, Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Leonidas Osvaldo Giradin, Argentina, Fundación Bariloche

Jean Olmetto, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)

Leonard Nurse, Barbados, University of the West Indies

John Agard, Trinidad and Tobago, University of the West Indies

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change

 

Juan F. Llanes-Regueiro, Cuba, Universidad de la Habana

Edgar Ortiz, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Martha Michelline Carino Olvera, Mexico, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur

Eduardo Gudynas, Uruguay, Centro Latino Americano de Ecologia Social (CLAES)

Marlene Attzs, Trinidad and Tobago, University of the West Indies

Daniel Bouille, Argentina, Institute of Energy Economics

Mauricio de Maria Campos, Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana

Maria Silva Muylaert de Araujo, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, Brazil, Instituto Alberto Luis Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE-UFRJ); Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Emilio la Rovere, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Gabriel Blanco, Argentina, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN)

Cristobal Felix Diaz Morejon, Cuba, Instituto de Meteorología, Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente de la República de Cuba

Marcos Gomes, Brazil, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Angel de la Vega, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Roberto Schaeffer, Brazil, Programa de Planejamento Energético, Instituto Alberto

Luis Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE-UFRJ)

Xochitl Cruz Nunez, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Marco D’Agosto, Brazil – unknown.

Suzana Kahn Ribeiro, Brazil, Ministério do Meio Ambiente; Instituto Alberto Luis Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE-UFRJ)

Oswaldo Lucon, Brazil, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Governo do Estado de Sao Paulo

Maria Virginia Vilarino, Argentina, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA); Universidad del CEMA

Dario Gomez, Argentina, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA)

Daniel Perczyk, Argentina, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella

Mercedes Bustamante, Brazil, Universidade de Brasília

Omar Masera, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Thelma Krug, Brazil, Ministério do Meio Ambiente

Gian Carlo Delgado, Mexico, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Julio Torres Martinez, Cuba, Cuban Observatory for Science and Technology

Jorge Leiva, Chile, Centro de Estudios y Conservación del Patrimonio Natural, GreenLane Consultores Ltda.

Antonina Ivanova Boncheva, Mexico, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur

Roberto Acosta Moreno, Cuba – unknown.

Alba Eritrea Gamez Vasquez, Mexico, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur

Edgar E. Gutierrez-Espeleta, Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa Rica

Manuel Angeles, Mexico – unknown.

Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Brazil, Institute of Applied Economic Research

Raul Jorge Garrido Vazquez, Cuba, Ministerio de Ciencia, Technologia y Medio  Ambiente, Direccion de Politica Ambiental

Haroldo de Oliveira Machado-Filho, Brazil, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia

Tomas Hernandez-Tejeda, Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias

 

 

*Brown University.

 

 

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