Jim Salinger

Jim Salinger
Nationality New Zealand
Fields Climate science
Institutions NIWA

Michael Jim Salinger is an Auckland-based climate change scientist who formerly worked for the Crown Research Institute National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).

He was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[1] which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007[2] "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change".[3]

From 2006 to 2010, Salinger was President of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology at the World Meteorological Organization.[4]

On 23 April 2009, Salinger was dismissed by NIWA,[5] ostensibly for breaching NIWA's media policy.[6] Salinger had represented NIWA to the public and media for many years and the dismissal caused a 'wide public outcry' according to Television New Zealand.[7] The Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science described the incident as a 'national embarrassment'.[8]

In late May 2009, Salinger stated that mediation with NIWA over the dismissal had failed and that he would be lodging a claim with the Employment Relations Authority.[9] On 19 October 2009, the Employment Relations Authority in Auckland began a hearing into Salinger's dismissal;[10] during the hearing it emerged the Salinger has suffered from depression.[11] In December 2009, the Employment Relations Authority upheld Salinger's dismissal.[12]

In 2012, Salinger was Lorry Lokey Visiting Professor at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Jim Salinger NZ SD Practitioners Directory, Sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand Incorporated website, retrieved 09-09-09.
  2. ↑ Face of NIWA sacked for talking to media, TV One News, April 2004 2009.
  3. ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2007". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. ↑ New Zealander heads world commission for agricultural meteorology, Water & Atmosphere (NIWA) Vol.14 No.4 - December 2006, retrieved 7 May 2009.
  5. ↑ Tsehai Tiffin (24 April 2009). "Face of NIWA sacked for talking to media". ONE News. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  6. ↑ Niwa sacks Jim Salinger, Stuff.co.nz, 24/04/2009, retrieved 2/5/09. At WebCite.
  7. ↑ NZPA, Salinger seeks NIWA compensation, Television New Zealand Ltd News, 2009-10-19, retrieved 2009-10-19. At WebCite.
  8. ↑ NZPA, Salinger's sacking 'a national embarrassment', Television New Zealand Ltd News, 2009-05-06, retrieved 2009-10-19. At WebCite.
  9. ↑ Public hearing for Salinger case, The Dominion Post (Fairfax/Stuff.co.nz), 2009-05-22, retrieved 2009-10-10. Archived at WebCite
  10. ↑ Salinger says he never saw NIWA media policy, Radio New Zealand News, 2009-10-19, retrieved 2009-10-19. At WebCite.
  11. ↑ NZPA (2009-10-19). "Salinger call to Hickey 'personal'". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  12. ↑ Tahana, Yvonne (2009-12-09). "Dismissal of climate man upheld". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  13. ↑ http://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/event/stanford-woods-environmental-forum-featuring-jim-salinger
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