Roger Pulwarty
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Roger S. Pulwarty is a scientist from Trinidad and Tobago
and Nobel laureate as one of the winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC). He is the director of the US National Integrated Drought Information System
at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado
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Roger Pulwarty earned a B.S. degree (Hons.) in Atmospheric Sciences from York University
in Toronto in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Climatology from the University of Boulder at Colorado in 1994, where he worked under Professors Roger Barry and Herbert Riehl. His research and publications are on climate, climate impacts and adaptation policy in Western North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. From 1998-2002 he was the program director for the NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments. He is Professor Adjunct at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of the West Indies.
Dr. Pulwarty is a lead author on the 2007 IPCC Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, on the IPCC 2008 Technical Report on Climate Change and Water and on Synthesis and Assessments Reports of the US Global Change Research Program. The IPCC is an intergovernmental body mandated by the UN to study the origins and effects of climate change
on society and ecosystems. Dr. Pulwarty has served on Committees of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and has provided testimonies before the U.S. Congress on climate, water resources and adaptation. Dr. Pulwarty acts in advisory roles on climate, natural resources, and disaster management to several U.S. and international interests including the Western Governors Association, the Department of the Interior, the governments of CARICOM (the Caribbean Economic Community), the Organization of American States, the UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
and Nobel laureate as one of the winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
(IPCC). He is the director of the US National Integrated Drought Information System
National Integrated Drought Information System
The National Integrated Drought Information System Act was signed into law in 2006 . The Western Governors' Association described the need for NIDIS in a 2004 report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System...
at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
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Roger Pulwarty earned a B.S. degree (Hons.) in Atmospheric Sciences from York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
in Toronto in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Climatology from the University of Boulder at Colorado in 1994, where he worked under Professors Roger Barry and Herbert Riehl. His research and publications are on climate, climate impacts and adaptation policy in Western North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. From 1998-2002 he was the program director for the NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments. He is Professor Adjunct at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of the West Indies.
Dr. Pulwarty is a lead author on the 2007 IPCC Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, on the IPCC 2008 Technical Report on Climate Change and Water and on Synthesis and Assessments Reports of the US Global Change Research Program. The IPCC is an intergovernmental body mandated by the UN to study the origins and effects of climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
on society and ecosystems. Dr. Pulwarty has served on Committees of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and has provided testimonies before the U.S. Congress on climate, water resources and adaptation. Dr. Pulwarty acts in advisory roles on climate, natural resources, and disaster management to several U.S. and international interests including the Western Governors Association, the Department of the Interior, the governments of CARICOM (the Caribbean Economic Community), the Organization of American States, the UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank.