Robert
T. Watson
Current Positions
- Chief Scientist and
Senior Advisor for Environmentally & Socially Sustainable
Development, World Bank
- Co-chair of the Board
of Directors of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
- Co-chair
of the international scientific assessment of stratospheric
ozone
Previous Positions
- Director, Environment
Department, World Bank
- Senior Advisor,
Environment Department, World Bank
- Associate Director
for Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy,
White House, Washington, D.C.
- Director and
Chief Scientist, Science Division, Office of Mission
to Planet Earth, NASA
Education
- Ph.D., (Gas
Phase Chemical Kinetics) — 1973 - QMC, London University,
London, England
- B.Sc. 1 st class
(chemistry) — 1969 - QMC, London University, London, England`
Awards (include)
2003 - Honorary "Companion of the Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George"
2003 - Honorary Doctor of Science, University
of East Anglia, England
2003 - Honorary Doctor of Science, UMIST,
England
2003 - Global Green Award for International
Environmental Leadership — US chapter of the Green Cross
International formed by Mikhail Gorbachev
2000 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Climate Protection Award
1995 - UNEP Award for Protection
of the Ozone Layer
1994 - U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Award for scientific understanding of the ozone layer
1993 - Climate
Institute Scientific Achievement Award for Coordinating Scientific
assessments
1993 - American Association for
the Advancement of Science Award for Scientific Freedom and
Responsibility
1993 - American Meteorological Society
Special Award "for notable efforts in organizing and
conducting international assessments in ozone depletion and
global change"
1992 - National
Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing
1991 - American
Geophysical Union's Edward A. Flinn, III Award established
to recognize individuals who personify the American Geophysical
Union's motto of unselfish cooperation in research through
their facilitating coordination and implementing activities
(first recipient)
1989 - Designated member of UNEP's "The
Global 500: The Roll of Honor for Environmental Achievement"
1989 - NASA
Distinguished Service Medal
1983 - NASA Exceptional Service
Medal Previous Experiences (include)
- Co-chair
of the Board of Directors of the International Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment: 2000 - present
- Co-chair
of the International Scientific Assessment of Stratospheric
Ozone: 1980 — present
- Co-chair
of the Convention on Biodiversity Roster of Experts on Climate
Change and Biodiversity: 2002 — 2003
- Member
of the jury for the Zayed Prize for the Environment:
2001-present
- Chair
of the International Council of Scientific Unions CSPR
Assessment Panel on Environment in Relation to Sustainable
Development: 2002-2003
- Member
of the International Council of Scientific Unions Advisory
Committee on the Environment: 1998 — present
- Chairman,
UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change September
1997- April 2002
- Chair
of the International Steering Committee for the UNEP
project: Assessment of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate
Change: 2001 - 2002
- Member
of the IPCC Bureau: 1993 to April 2002
- Convening
lead author of IPCC Technical paper on Climate Change
and Biodiversity: April 2001-April 2002
- Chair
of an International Panel on the Scientific and Policy Inter-linkages
Among Global Environmental Issues — 1996 to 1998
- Co-chair:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group
II (Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation) - 1993 — September
1997
- Co-chair:
International WMO/UNEP Scientific Assessments of the Current
Knowledge of the Processes Controlling the Abundance and
Distribution of Atmospheric Ozone, 1985, 1988, 1989,
1991, 1994, and 1998
- Chair:
UNEP/WMO Synthesis Panel for international Ozone Assessment
(Science, Impacts, Technology, and Economics), 1989, 1991,
1994
- Chair:
UNEP Global Biodiversity Assessment - 1993 to 1995
- Chair
of the Science and Technical Advisory Panel to the Global
Environmental Facility (World Bank, United Nations Development
Program, and United Nations Environment Programme) 1991-
November 1993
- Chair:
UNEP/WMO Synthesis Panel for Methyl Bromide (Science, Technology,
and Economics) - 1992
- Chaired
Chapter on Greenhouse Gases for the IPCC Scientific Assessment
for Working Group I (1990 and 1992). Member of Steering
Group for IPCC WG #1, 1990 and 1992.
- Technical
Advisor for the U.S. Government for both bilateral and
multilateral negotiations of the Vienna Ozone Convention
and the Montreal (CFC) Protocol
- Technical
Advisor for the U.S. Government on Climate Change and member
of the U.S. delegation to the International Negotiation
Committee on Climate Change
- Testified many times before U.S. Senate and U.S. House
of Representatives Committees and Sub-Committees on Ozone,
Global Warming, and other Global Change Research issues
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