DR. LILIBETH ACOSTA-MICHLIK
Senior Researcher
German Development Institute
Dr. Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik is a Senior Researcher/Scientist at the German DevelopmenFt Institute, Department of Sustainable Economic and Social Development and at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Department of Earth System Analysis. She is an Agricultural and Environmental Economist by training. Her work involves integrated sustainability analysis and modelling, climate change impacts and adaptation, biodiversity and ecosystem services, land use change scenarios, bioenergy and...
Dr. Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik is a Senior Researcher/Scientist at the German DevelopmenFt Institute, Department of Sustainable Economic and Social Development and at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Department of Earth System Analysis. She is an Agricultural and Environmental Economist by training. Her work involves integrated sustainability analysis and modelling, climate change impacts and adaptation, biodiversity and ecosystem services, land use change scenarios, bioenergy and renewable energy, rural livelihood and poverty alleviation, and stakeholder dialogue and participation, among others.
Since 2007 she is continuously cooperating with the University of the Philippines Los Baños, taking up various positions such as School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM) Adjunct Professor, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Balik Scientist, UP Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation Inc. (UPLBFI) Scientific Coordinator/Project Co-Leader, etc. She worked in the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in the Philippines and renowned research institutions in Belgium, United Kingdom and Japan. She received her degrees from the University of the Philippines (BSc), the University of Cambridge in England (MPhil), and the University of Bonn in Germany (Ph.D.). She received scholarship and fellowship awards from various international institutions (i.e. International Rice Research Institute, British Council, Cambridge Overseas Trust, German Academic Exchange Service, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) for her undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies.
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DR. RIZALDI BOER
Executive Director
Centre for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management in Southeast Asia and Pacific (CCROM-SEAP)
Dr. Rizaldi Boer is the Director of the Centre for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management in Southeast Asia and Pacific (CCROM-SEAP), Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia. He also works as Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Bogor Agricultural University. He has been involved in many national and international climate research programs related to adaptation and mitigation. He is one of the lead authors of the 4th Inter...
Dr. Rizaldi Boer is the Director of the Centre for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management in Southeast Asia and Pacific (CCROM-SEAP), Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia. He also works as Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Bogor Agricultural University. He has been involved in many national and international climate research programs related to adaptation and mitigation. He is one of the lead authors of the 4th International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report.
In addition, he is the Team Leader for the National Strategy Studies on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for Forestry Component in 2002, and the Deputy Team Leader on the Technical Assistant Project for the Government of Indonesia on C-Sequestration.
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DR. DOMINIQUE CAGALANAN
Director of Arboriculture
Coastal Carolina University
Dr. Dominique Cagalanan is the Director of Arboriculture at Coastal Carolina University, a Senior Associate Scientist with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)-Philippines, a co-founder and the Executive Board Vice President of the Restoration Initiative for Sustainable Ecosystems, Inc. (RISE), the President of Reforest Our Future, and an Advisory Committee member of EcoLogic Development Fund. She is a geographer whose work focuses on the challenges that arise at the intersection of forest cons...
Dr. Dominique Cagalanan is the Director of Arboriculture at Coastal Carolina University, a Senior Associate Scientist with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)-Philippines, a co-founder and the Executive Board Vice President of the Restoration Initiative for Sustainable Ecosystems, Inc. (RISE), the President of Reforest Our Future, and an Advisory Committee member of EcoLogic Development Fund. She is a geographer whose work focuses on the challenges that arise at the intersection of forest conservation and restoration, agriculture, and rural development. Her areas of expertise include tropical forest restoration, agroforestry, governance strategies and mechanisms for conservation and restoration in human-dominated landscapes, and land tenure particularly in protected areas and indigenous people’s ancestral domains. Dominique received her Ph.D. in Geography from Clark University; a Permaculture Design Certificate from the Cabiokid Foundation; and a Rainforestation Trainer Certificate from the Yale Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative & Visayas State University.
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DR. JOSEFINO C. COMISO
Senior Scientist
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Josefino Comiso is a Senior Scientist at the Earth Sciences Division of the Goddard Space Flight Center. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of the Philippines, Masters Degree in Physics from Florida State University and Ph.D. in physics from the University of California in Los Angeles. He held a post-doctoral position at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and worked as a senior consultant for Computer Sciences Corporation before joining NASA ...
Dr. Josefino Comiso is a Senior Scientist at the Earth Sciences Division of the Goddard Space Flight Center. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of the Philippines, Masters Degree in Physics from Florida State University and Ph.D. in physics from the University of California in Los Angeles. He held a post-doctoral position at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and worked as a senior consultant for Computer Sciences Corporation before joining NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
At NASA, his research led to new insights into many important processes in the polar regions including: (a) climate change signals as revealed by the accelerated decline of the perennial ice and amplified warming in the Arctic; (b) phytoplankton blooms and relationships with sea ice cover and (c) deep ocean convection and bottom water formation as influenced by ice production. He was the chief scientist in many NASA aircraft missions in the Arctic and Antarctic including a flight over a nuclear submarine near the North Pole. He has been the recipient of the NASA Exceptional Achievement in Science Medal and the author or co-author of International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) / Working Group (WG) 1 reports, 5 books, 20 book chapters and 130 Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) journal articles.
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DR. REX VICTOR O. CRUZ
Professor and Director
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
Dr. Rex Cruz is a Professor and the Director of Environmental Forestry Programme of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR ) in the University of the Philippines Los Baños He is also a former Dean of CFNR, UPLB and former Chancellor of UPLB. Dr. Cruz earned his Ph.D. in Watershed Management from University of Arizona.
In addition, he is the Coordinating Lead Author of Working Group (WG) II Asia Chapter Fourth Assessment Report and Principal Lead Author of the WG II Forestry Chap...
Dr. Rex Cruz is a Professor and the Director of Environmental Forestry Programme of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR ) in the University of the Philippines Los Baños He is also a former Dean of CFNR, UPLB and former Chancellor of UPLB. Dr. Cruz earned his Ph.D. in Watershed Management from University of Arizona.
In addition, he is the Coordinating Lead Author of Working Group (WG) II Asia Chapter Fourth Assessment Report and Principal Lead Author of the WG II Forestry Chapter 2nd Assessment Report and Lead Author of the WG II Asia Chapter 3rd Assessment Report all of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Currently, he is a member of the Pool of Technical Experts of Climate Change Commission (CCC) and member of the People Survival Fund Board.
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DR. CARLOS PRIMO C. DAVID
Professor
University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman
Dr. CP David is a licensed geologist and professor of geology in UP Diliman. He is currently the Executive Director of Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology R&D (PCIEERD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and a graduate of Stanford University where he earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Geology. Dr. David pioneers short term rainfall forecasting in the country (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards or Project NOAH) and climate change-re...
Dr. CP David is a licensed geologist and professor of geology in UP Diliman. He is currently the Executive Director of Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology R&D (PCIEERD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and a graduate of Stanford University where he earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Geology. Dr. David pioneers short term rainfall forecasting in the country (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards or Project NOAH) and climate change-related research on water resources.
He is the resident resource person for disaster preparedness for GMA (Greater Manila Area) News and Public Affairs and is a member of the Panel of Technical Experts of the Climate Change Commission (CCC). He was a recipient of the Oscar M. Lopez Professorial Chair award for Climate Change Research in 2013.
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DR. LAURA T. DAVID
Professor
University of the Philippines (UP)
Dr. Laura T. David is a Physical Oceanographer and Professor at the UP Marine Science Institute. Her approach to her science is multi-disciplinary incorporating the study of ocean physical characteristics with its effects to productivity and diversity. She is currently the Chair of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Committee on Marine Science, and a member of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Panel on Science and Math. Combining her oceanography with her backg...
Dr. Laura T. David is a Physical Oceanographer and Professor at the UP Marine Science Institute. Her approach to her science is multi-disciplinary incorporating the study of ocean physical characteristics with its effects to productivity and diversity. She is currently the Chair of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Committee on Marine Science, and a member of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Panel on Science and Math. Combining her oceanography with her background in Chemistry, Dr. David has also gone around the world to build capacity of other scientist in using the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zones (LOICZ) approach to calculate estuarine biogeochemical budget.
Her contribution was recognized internationally when she was appointed as one of the 24 Scientific Steering Committee members of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)-Land Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone project in 2000. She served her term and was subsequently nominated as one of only 16 Corresponding Members – scientists whose expertise LOICZ will continue to rely on even beyond their term limit. In the Philippines, her expertise is also being tapped to assist in information related to climate change vulnerability and adaptation. She is currently a member of the National Panel of Technical Experts for the Climate Change Commission (CCC). She is an awardee of the Outstanding Young Scientists (OYS) and The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS),a former L’Oreal National Fellow and a continuing Senior Fellow at the The Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. (Oscar M. Lopez Center).
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DR. MA. VICTORIA O. ESPALDON
Professor & UP Scientist 1
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
Dr. Espaldon is a Professor and UP Scientist 1 at the School of Environmental Science and Management in the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). She is also a co-chair of the UPLB Climate Risks Studies Center. Her research interests include Climate Change and Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management specializing on Human and Cultural Geography, Social Impact Assessment, Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation....
DR. SALEEMUL HUQ‡
Director
International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD)
Saleemul Huq is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) since 2009 and intends to support growing capacity of Bangladesh stakeholders, while enabling people and organizations from outside to benefit from training in Bangladesh. ICCCAD runs regular short courses as well as a MSc. program in Climate Change and Development.
Dr. Huq is also a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) in the United Kingdom (UK), whe...
Saleemul Huq is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) since 2009 and intends to support growing capacity of Bangladesh stakeholders, while enabling people and organizations from outside to benefit from training in Bangladesh. ICCCAD runs regular short courses as well as a MSc. program in Climate Change and Development.
Dr. Huq is also a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) in the United Kingdom (UK), where he is involved in building negotiating capacity and supporting the engagement of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including negotiator training workshops for LDCs, policy, as well as research into vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the least developed countries. Dr. Huq has published numerous articles in scientific and popular journals, was a lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and was one of the coordinating lead authors of ‘Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation’ in the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (2007). Prior to this, he was the founding Executive Director at the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), a leading independent research and policy think tank in Bangladesh, where he was in charge of the management and strategy of the organization. Before that he taught plant sciences both to undergraduate and post-graduates at Dhaka University. In 2000, he became an Academic Visitor at the Huxley School of Environment at Imperial College in London where he teaches a course on global environmental policies. He completed his BSc (with Honors) in 1975 from Imperial College, London, United Kingdom and his Ph.D. in plant sciences also from Imperial College in 1978.
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DR. FELINO LANSIGAN
Professor and Dean
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
Dr. Felino Lansigan is a Professor of Statistics and of Environmental Science at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). His research interests include statistical hydrology and water resources, climate change and variability analyses, vulnerability assessment, risk management, systems analysis and simulation modeling. He was part of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Prof. Lansigan was a lead author of on...
Dr. Felino Lansigan is a Professor of Statistics and of Environmental Science at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). His research interests include statistical hydrology and water resources, climate change and variability analyses, vulnerability assessment, risk management, systems analysis and simulation modeling. He was part of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Prof. Lansigan was a lead author of one of the chapters of the IPCC Third Assessment Report in 2001, and of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report in 2014.
He is also a recipient of the 2009 Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Hugh Greenwood Environmental Science Award for his contributions to research in hydrology and water resources in the Philippines. He is a member of scientific steering committees of international research organizations including the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zones (LOICZ), the Global Water System Project (GWSP), the Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) program. He currently chairs the UPLB Interdisciplinary Program on Climate Change, and serves as Dean of the UPLB College of Arts and Sciences.
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DR. ROSA T. PEREZ
Independent Consultant & Senior Research Fellow
Manila Observatory
Dr. Rosa Perez is an independent consultant and is affiliated with the Manila Observatory as a Senior Research Fellow. She has retired from the Philippine National Hydro-Meteorological Services (PAGASA) as the Division Head on Flood Forecasting. Her areas of specialization include hydro-meteorology, disaster risk reduction and adaptation policies on climate change.
She is also a Member of the National Panel of Technical Experts of the Philippine Climate Change Commission (CCC), National Resea...
Dr. Rosa Perez is an independent consultant and is affiliated with the Manila Observatory as a Senior Research Fellow. She has retired from the Philippine National Hydro-Meteorological Services (PAGASA) as the Division Head on Flood Forecasting. Her areas of specialization include hydro-meteorology, disaster risk reduction and adaptation policies on climate change.
She is also a Member of the National Panel of Technical Experts of the Philippine Climate Change Commission (CCC), National Research Council of the Philippines and the Environmental Impact Assessment Review Committee of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources. She holds a doctoral degree in Meteorology from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Recent projects and publications by Dr. Perez include the “Changing Philippine Climate: Impacts on Agriculture and Natural Resources”, contributions of the Technical Working Group 2 (TWG2) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to the 4th and 5th Assessment Reports and the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Adaptation Policy. She is also a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Award, shared by the IPCC with its authors and editors of the Assessment Reports in the three Technical Working Groups.
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DR. JUAN M. PULHIN
Professor
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
Dr. Juan M. Pulhin is a Professor and former Dean of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources ((CFNR), UPLB. He holds the title of Scientist III, under the University of the Philippines Scientific Productivity System in recognition of his scholarly outputs and international scientific standing.
He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo for two times in 2007 and 2010. He has more than 30 years of experience in natural resources education, research and development at the ...
Dr. Juan M. Pulhin is a Professor and former Dean of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources ((CFNR), UPLB. He holds the title of Scientist III, under the University of the Philippines Scientific Productivity System in recognition of his scholarly outputs and international scientific standing.
He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo for two times in 2007 and 2010. He has more than 30 years of experience in natural resources education, research and development at the national and international level and has authored/co-authored more than 100 technical publications dealing on various aspects of natural resources management and climate change. He has also co-authored/co-edited five books on forest tenure reform, climate change, and disaster risk management published by reputable publishers. He is a recipient/co-recipient of numerous national and international awards foremost of which was the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Award shared by the members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with former United States (US) Vice President Al Gore. He was a Coordinating Lead Author of the Human Security Chapter (Chapter 12) of the IPCC Working Group II Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report. Dr. Pulhin earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Forestry degrees at UPLB and Ph.D. degree in Geographical Sciences from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies of The Australian National University.
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DR. N. H. RAVINDRANATH
Professor
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Prof. Ravindranath has focused his research, advocacy and publications on various dimensions of Climate Change - Mitigation Assessment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory in Land Use Sectors, Impact of Climate Change and Vulnerability Assessment in Forest and Agro-ecosystems, Adaptation and Climate Resilience, Forest Ecology, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Projects. He has also worked on Bioenergy, Biofuels and Biomass P...
Prof. Ravindranath has focused his research, advocacy and publications on various dimensions of Climate Change - Mitigation Assessment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory in Land Use Sectors, Impact of Climate Change and Vulnerability Assessment in Forest and Agro-ecosystems, Adaptation and Climate Resilience, Forest Ecology, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Projects. He has also worked on Bioenergy, Biofuels and Biomass Production, Environmental / Ecosystem Services, and Citizen Science.
His areas of research, development and policy advocacy include: Climate Change, Forests, Bioenergy and Ecosystem Services. He is an author for several IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Assessment Reports on Climate Change – WMO and UNEP focusing on mitigation in forest sector as well as for IPBES (Inter- Governmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)-Reports.
Dr Ravindranath is a Scientific Advisory Panel Member for Global Environmental Outlook (GEO 6) and a Science Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) member of GEF (Global Environmental Facility) for Climate Change Focal Area during 2008 – 2012. He is also a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) expert for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory reports submitted to United Nations (UN).
He has published 8 books (from Oxford and Cambridge Uni. Press, Kluwer, and Springer Publishers) – out of which, 4 are on Climate Change – as well as over 150 peer-reviewed research papers, of which about 60 are on Climate Change. Dr. Ravindranath has brought out special issues on Climate Change in Journals such as Current Science, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies to Global Change. He is also an expert for World Bank, UN Organizations, and International Institutes.
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DR. KRISHNA K. SHRESTHA
Senior Lecturer, Development Studies
The University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr Krishna K. Shrestha is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a human geographer with research interest encompassing political ecology, climate change adaptation, development studies and urban planning, in particular the intersection of the four with his work on environmental and climate justice. His research gives particular attention to the ways in which problems of equity and justice are linked to systems of ...
Dr Krishna K. Shrestha is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a human geographer with research interest encompassing political ecology, climate change adaptation, development studies and urban planning, in particular the intersection of the four with his work on environmental and climate justice. His research gives particular attention to the ways in which problems of equity and justice are linked to systems of social hierarchy and political and economic control. The role of unequal power relations in a politicised environment is a central theme. He is currently working on several research projects on food and livelihood security, disaster resilience and urbanisation in a changing climate – in Nepal, India and Australia.
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DR. HASSAN VIRJI
Executive Director
International Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) Secretariat
Dr. Hassan Virji is the Executive Director for Global Change START. He has worked as the Program Director for the Climate Dynamics Program of the United States (US) National Science Foundation, Deputy Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, and Executive Secretary of the US Inter-agency Subcommittee on Global Change Research where he was involved in setting up the US Global Change Research Program. He is a member of the Governing Boards of international centers of ...
Dr. Hassan Virji is the Executive Director for Global Change START. He has worked as the Program Director for the Climate Dynamics Program of the United States (US) National Science Foundation, Deputy Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, and Executive Secretary of the US Inter-agency Subcommittee on Global Change Research where he was involved in setting up the US Global Change Research Program. He is a member of the Governing Boards of international centers of excellence located at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) South Africa, Academia Sinica/Taipei, and the United Kingdom (UK), and on the editorial boards of “Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability” and “Advances in Climate Change Research”.
Dr. Virji holds academic degrees from the Universities of Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Wisconsin. He was on the academic and research faculty at the University of Nairobi and the University of Wisconsin, and was a Senior Fellow at the Wissenschaft Kolleg in Berlin.
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