Siri Eriksen chosen as Lead Author in UN-IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
By Joanna Boddens-HosangAssociate Professor Siri Eriksen has been selected to be one of six Lead Authors of chapter 13 “Livelihoods and Poverty” in IPCC’s Working Group II’s contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2013: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
The IPCC prepares assessment reports about climate change at regular intervals. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5, due in 2014) will in particular look at socio-economic aspects of climate change and its implications for sustainable development. The report consists of contributions of three IPCC Working Groups; Working Group II will assess the impacts, adaptation strategies and vulnerability related to climate change and will involve 302 experts.
AR5 receives input from many of the world’s leading researchers on climate. The extensive process leading to the final report includes a first review by a wide range of experts and a second review by governments and experts. The Assessment Reports are used in the climate negotiations under the UN Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
Siri Eriksen is one of two researchers at UMB who have been selected to contribute to AR5, the other is Professor Ståle Navrud of the Department of Economics and Resource Management. Both are in Working Group II. In total 18 Norwegian climate researchers have been selected to participate in AR5, more than twice as many as in AR4. About 25% are female.
Siri Eriksen joined Noragric in January 2010 as Associate Professor in International Environment and Development Studies with a focus on climate change and development. Siri holds a PhD from the Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. She has many years research experience with climate, poverty and adaptation and has a vast list of publications related to these subjects. Siri has previously been reviewer of two report chapters and the synthesis report of IPCC’s AR4.
Head of Department, Gry Synnevåg, is proud to see Siri chosen for this prestigious task. “Climate research is important for UMB and we are particularly pleased that one of our staff at Noragric has been chosen out of 80 Norwegian candidates to contribute. At Noragric, adaptation to climate change is one of our main research areas and is addressed in several of our research projects”.
Noragric congratulates Siri with this nomination, who is currently on maternity leave following the birth of her daughter two weeks ago.
See also the UMB homepage about Siri Eriksen and Ståle Navrud's nomination.
Updated: 25.06.10
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