Roger Pulwarty
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Roger S. Pulwarty (born March 14, 1960) is a U.S. scientist of Trinidad and Tobago origin and contributed to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).[1][2] Pulwarty is the Senior Scientist in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.
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 Colorado at Boulder in 1994, where he worked under Professors Roger Barry and Herbert Riehl. His research and publications are on weather, water, and climate science, and impacts and adaptation in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition, he has helped design and lead landmark interdisciplinary programs addressing science, applications, and services including the NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA), and the U.S. National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Pulwarty is Professor Adjunct at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of the West Indies.
Pulwarty served a convening lead author on the 2014 IPCC Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, lead author on the 2007 IPCC Working Group II, on the IPCC 2008 Technical Report on Climate Change and Water and the 2012 Special Report on Extremes, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Global Assessment Reports (2011;2019;2021;2023;2024), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, and on National Assessments 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 extremes, variability and change on society and ecosystems. Pulwarty has served on Committees of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the International Science Council, and the World Meteorological Organization, among others, and has provided testimonies before the U.S. Congress on climate, water resources and adaptation. Pulwarty acts in advisory roles on weather, climate, and water-related extremes (such as droughts, hurricanes, and floods), natural resources, and disaster risk management to several U.S. and international interests including the Western Governors Association, the Department of the Interior, the CARICOM (Caribbean Economic Community), the Organization of American States, the UNDP, UNEP and the World and InterAmerican Development Banks. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU). His contributions have been recognized by NOAA, the Department of Commerce, and with the AGU Gilbert F. White Lecture and the Science Ambassador Awards, the Presidential Rank Award, and the Trinidad and Tobago National Institute for Higher Education Research, Science, and Technology Gold Medal.
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[edit]- ^ "Trinis share Nobel prize". The Trinidad Guardian. Trinidad Publishing Company Limited. October 16, 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Roger Pulwarty Trini -born scientist at forefront of climate change studies". Archives.newsday.co.tt. May 24, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2022.