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Next steps in climate science

02 - 03 October 2013 09:15 - 17:00

Scientific discussion meeting organised by Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS

Event details

The IPCC 5th Assessment Report Working Group 1 (Science) Summary for Policy Makers is due to be approved on 23-26 September of this year. In the following week a number of associated activities are being planned in the UK. This meeting will provide a forum for exploration of the current understanding of some important aspects of climate science, leading on to discussion of future directions for the science.

The full list of speakers and the recorded audio of their presentations can be found below.

Download the meeting programme

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Attending this event

This event is intended for researchers in relevant fields and is free to attend. There are a limited number of places and registration is essential. An optional lunch is offered and should be booked during registration (all major credit cards accepted).

Enquiries: Contact the events team.

Organisers

  • Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London

    "Sir Brian Hoskins became the first Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London in January 2008, and now shares his time between Imperial and Reading University, where he is Professor of Meteorology.  His degrees are in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and he spent post-doc years in the USA before moving to Reading, where he became a professor in his thirties and was a head of department for six years. For the 10 years up to September 2010 he held a Royal Society Research Professorship. His research is in weather and climate, in particular the understanding of atmospheric motion from frontal to planetary scales. His international roles have included being vice-chair of the Joint Scientific Committee for the World Climate Research Programme, President of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences and involvement in the 2007 IPCC international climate change assessment. He has also had numerous UK roles, including membership of The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and is currently a member of the UK Committee on Climate Change. He is a member of the science academies of the UK, USA, China and Europe and has received a number of awards including the top prizes of the UK and US Meteorological Societies, honorary DScs from the Universities of Bristol and East Anglia, and Honorary Fellowships of a number of institutions. He was knighted in 2007 for his services to the environment. "