IPBES/IPCC workshop scientific steering committee

The IPBES/IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change is being led by a scientific steering committee consisting of twelve experts, six of which selected by IPCC and six by the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel:

For IPCC:

• Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee: Hans-Otto Pörtner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Germany (Co-Chair IPCC Working Group II)
• Edvin Aldrian, Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia (Vice-Chair IPCC Working Group I)
• Ramon Pichs Madruga, Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM), Cuba (Vice-Chair IPCC Working Group III; member of the IPBES task force on scenarios and models)
• Camille Parmesan, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom (Coordinating lead author, AR6, IPCC Working Group II)
• Debra Roberts, Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit in eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa (Co-Chair IPCC Working Group II)
• Alex Rogers, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

For IPBES:

• Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee: Robert Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Co-Chair IPBES Assessment of Land Degradation and Restoration)
• Sandra Diaz, National University of Córdoba, Argentina (former member of the IPBES MEP; Co-Chair of the IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)
• Markus Fischer, University of Bern, Switzerland (member of the IPBES MEP; Co-Chair of the IPBES Regional Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Europe and Central Asia)
• Shizuka Hashimoto, University of Tokyo, Japan (member of the IPBES MEP)
• Sandra Lavorel, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France (member of the IPBES MEP)
• Ning Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (member of the IPBES MEP)