International Steering Committee

Coordination of the Conference Programme has been led by an international committee of leading climate change researchers. They include:

• Jean Palutikof (Conference Convenor), NCCARF
• Andrew Ash (Conference Convenor), CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship
• Neil Adger, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, University of East Anglia
• Joseph Alcamo, UNEP Chief Scientist, University of Kassel
• Tim Carter, Finnish Environment Institute
• Kris Ebi, Head, Technical Support Unit, Working Group II, IPCC
• Chris Field, Carnegie Institution for Science
• Peter Grace, Queensland University of Technology
• Kathy Hibbard, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, US
• Saleem ul Huq, International Institute for Environment and Development, London
• Kathy Jacobs, Chair, Study in Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, US National Academy of Sciences
• Rik Leemans, Earth System Science Partnership and Wageningen University
• Jian Liu, Chief of Climate Change Adaptation Unit, UNEP
• Antonio Magalhaes, Director, Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability, and Development in Semi-Arid Regions
• Jan McDonald, Griffith University
• Carlos Nobre, Centre for Water Forecasting and Climate Studies, Brazilian Institute for Space Research
• Balgis Osman-Elasha, Sudanese Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources
• Martin Parry, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group II for the Fourth Assessment
• Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, US
• Mark Stafford-Smith, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship
• Will Steffen, Australian National University
• Coleen Vogel, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, IPCC Vice Chair, Université catholique de Louvain
• Marie Waschka, NCCARF