Corinne Le Quéré

Corinne Le Quéré
Born July 1966
Fields Climatology
Institutions University of East Anglia
Alma mater University of Montreal
McGill University
University of Paris VI
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Corinne Le Quéré

Corinne Le Quéré FRS (born July 1966) is a Franco-Canadian scientist. She is Professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at the University of East Anglia and Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

Le Quéré received her B.Sc. in physics from University of Montreal, an M.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in oceanography from University of Paris VI.[1]

She was co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) from 2009 until 2013. [2] Since 2014 she has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Future Earth platform for sustainability research.[3] Within the GCP, she initiated and directs the annual publication of the Global Carbon Budget.[4]

Honours and awards

In 2016 Le Quéré was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society[5]

She was awarded the Claude Berthault award from the French Academy of Sciences in 2012, [6] the first Copernicus medal of the Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. in 2013/2014,[7] and was the annual Bolin lecturer in Stockholm University in 2014.[8]

She is considered among the 20 'women making waves in the climate change debate' on the Road to Paris.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/people/corinne-le-quere
  2. ↑ http://www.globalcarbonproject.org
  3. ↑ http://www.futureearth.org/
  4. ↑ http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/
  5. ↑ "Corinne Le Quere Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.academie-sciences.fr/activite/prix/laureat_berthault.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.copernicus-gesellschaft.org/medal.html
  8. ↑ http://www.science.su.se/english/about-us/calendar/science-forum-with-prof-corinne-le-qu%C3%A9r%C3%A9-bolin-climate-lecturer-2014-1.168535
  9. ↑ http://roadtoparis.info/top-list/20-women-making-waves-climate-change-debate/

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