SC Profile

Career history:

2011-

President, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

1998-2011

Director General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

1995-

Professor, Keio University

1978-1995

Professor, the University of Tokyo

1964-1978

Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo

1963-1964

Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Areas of expertise:

System engineering in the field of energy and environment.
He has developed several models related to global economic and environmental issues, of which one is the model called FUGI used for the analysis of future industries of the world at United Nations (ESCAP). His recent interests lie in the field of climate change, and the simple equation for the factor analysis of CO₂ emission he developed is well known worldwide as Kaya identity.

Career history:

2007-Present:

Stanford University.

1978-2007:

Various positions at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, including Division Director for Earth Sciences, Associate Director for Energy Sciences and Deputy Director for Operations.

Areas of expertise:

Groundwater hydrology, reservoir engineering, geologic storage of carbon dioxide in deep underground formations, technologies for a low-energy future, and net energy analysis (quantifying overall energy efficiency of a production process by weighing the energetic cost of energy production against the energy produced).

Career history:

He has been served in ERI (1982-), and he has served as a consultant to the World Bank, Global Environmental Facility, and many other organizations around the world.
He has been a visiting fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a visiting scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) (United States).

Areas of expertise:

Energy economics and energy system analysis; sustainable energy strategy, energy conservation, and climate change policy.
He has contributed for long as one of the most influential advisors in the development of energy conservation plans, energy strategy, and climate change policy of China.

Career history:

Co-Chair of WGIII of IPCC and a leading energy expert in Africa.
Co-Chair of Steering Committee of the Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD)

2000-2003

Professor and Director of the Energy and Development Research Centre (EDRC), of University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Areas of expertise:

African Energy Systems and Policies, Power sector reform, Renewable Energy policy, Mitigation of Climate Change and on National Climate Change strategy

Career history:

2009

President of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)

1995-

Professor for Energy Systems at the Institute for Energy Technology, Berlin University of Technology

1982-1995

Post doc researcher and Assistant Professor at the Center for Economic Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich

Areas of expertise:

Energy economics including energy market modeling and forecasting, energy market reform, energy trade, investment strategies, financing and risk management, and market entry of new energy technologies such as fuel cell and battery electric vehicles; Evolutionary economics applied to energy innovations and technologies

Career history:

2013-present

Co-Chair, Global Ocean Commission

2014-Present

Chairman of the Board, Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room

2009-2014

President of Carbon War Room

2006

Named CEO of Concordia 21, Madrid, Spain

2003

1^st CEO of the World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland

1999

Chairperson of United Nations ICT Task Force

1994-1998

President of the Republic of Costa Rica

1988-1990

Minister of Agriculture, Costa Rica

1987-1988

Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica

Areas of expertise:

Technology and Sustainable Development, business solutions to reduce carbon emissions
In 2013, he helped launch the Global Ocean Commission to formulate politically and technically feasible recommendations that address key issues facing the high seas. He currently serves as co-Chair.

Career history:

1988-to date

The University of Texas Austin; Simultaneous appointments at TheraSense, Abbott Diabetes Care, SynAgile

1975-1988

Bell Laboratories; 1977-1988, Head, Electronic Materials Research Department

1964-1975

GTE Laboratories; Developed non-rechargeable lithium batteries

Recent Awards

Elected to the US National Academy of Engineering (1987)
United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation(2008)
Fellow of American Academy of Arts & Sciences(2009)

Areas of expertise:

Medical devices; batteries; photoelectrochemical cells

Career history:

2005-2013

Member of the House of Councillors

2004

Advisor to Prime Minister, responsible for foreign affairs

2002-2004

Minister for Foreign Affairs

2000-2002

Minister of the Environment

1992-1993

Director-General of Global Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Areas of expertise:

Climate change policy, Sustainable Ocean policy, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

Career history:

2008-present

IPCC Vice Chair

He was the founding president of the Korea Energy Economics Institute -- a government agency for national energy policy development. He was Distinguished Research Fellow at the Korea Environment Institute, faculty member and the dean of the College of Environment at Keimyung University, Korea, senior adviser to the Minister of Energy and Resources and the Minister of Environment, senior fellow at the Korea Development Institute and economist at Exxon Corporation, US.

He was Co-chair of the IPCC Working Group III (The Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change) in the Second Assessment , and Lead Author and Review Editor in the Third and Fourth Assessment. He was the member of the International Advisory Board of the Battelle-Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA, the Board of Directors of Hyundai Corporation, Korea Petroleum Development Corporation and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan.

Areas of expertise:

The economics of energy, natural resource and climate change

Career history:

2009-2016

Member of the Advisory Council of the German Government on Global Change (WBGU)

2005-2012

Member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Technical Group on Sustainable Development for All Director of the Global Energy Assessment

2009-2011

Member of the Scientific Steering Committee, Global Carbon Project (GCP)
Member of the UN Secretary General Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change

2001-2005

Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Fourth and Second Assessment Report; Lead Author of Fifth and Third Assessment Report; Coordinating Lead Author of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

1997-2000

Convening Lead Author of the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios

Serves on numerous advisory boards and editorial board of eight scientific journals.

Areas of expertise:

Long-term patterns of technological change, economic development and response to climate change and, in particular, the evolution of energy, mobility, and information and communication technologies

Career history:

2000-2013

Research Professor, London School of Economics

2002-2007

also jointly Alliance Research Professor, Columbia University, New York

1999-2003

Consultant on Security at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research of the British Meteorological Office

During the later 1990s

Senior Fellow in the Office of the Special Adviser on Central and Eastern European Affairs, Office of the Secretary-General of NATO.
Senior Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House.
Visiting Senior Fellow in the (former) Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) of the UK Ministry of Defence

1979-2003

Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in History, Emmanuel College Cambridge and University Lecturer in Politics.

Areas of expertise:

Global security studies; geo-political research; international relations; military history and defence; climate policy; climate history and security
He is currently a member of the British Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategy Advisory Panel. He first convened the Hartwell group in 2007 in response to a request to provide advice on climate policy for G-7 heads of state. In 2013 the group published The Vital Spark: Innovating Clean and Affordable Energy for All

Career history:

2009-2013

Under Secretary of Energy and Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs, United States Dept of Energy

2005-2008

Energy & Climate Working Group Chair, Clinton Global Initiative

2003-2008

Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

1999-2001

Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment & Science, US State Dept

1994-1998

White House staff, United States

Areas of expertise:

Energy and climate policy

Career History

2010-2011

Professor, International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté, Collège de France

• Distinguished University Professor, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
• Co-Chair of the African Biotechnology Panel (with Calestous Juma)

2005-2006

Member of the High Level Group (HLG) of the Secretary-General’s UN initiative for the alliance of Civilizations

2002-2004

Co-Chair, The Inter-Academy Council Panel on Capacity building in Science and Technology

1998-2002

Chairman, Youth Employment Summit (YES) Campaign

• Special Advisor, The World Bank

2000/2001

Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo (AUC)

1998-2000

Chairman, World Commission for Water in the 21st Century

• Vice President of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)

1996-2000

Chairman of the Global Water Partnership (GWP)

1995-2000

Chairman, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP), a microfinance program

1994-2000

Chairman, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

1992-2000

Vice President of the World Bank till July 2000, (for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, from October 1992 to March 1998, and for Special Programs from March 1998 to July 2000)

Areas of Expertise

Biotechnology, rural development, sustainability, and the value of science to society. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Cairo University and Master’s degree and a PhD from Harvard University and has received over 30 honorary doctorates.

Career history:

2011- present

Professor of the faculty of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1981-2011

Research Scientist and Senior Scientist, Aeronomy Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States; 1983-present Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States

Areas of expertise:

Atmospheric chemistry and transport in the stratosphere and troposphere; climate change and its coupling to chemistry; comparative studies of environment and society.

Career history:

2012

Laurence Tubiana was appointed by the French government to the National Steering Committee on Energy Transition

1997-2002

Laurence Tubiana served as senior advisor to the Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, on environmental issues
Member of the French Council of Economic Analysis and research director for the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)

Areas of expertise:

Published a number of articles and books on environment, development and international issues

Career history:

2005-

Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

2003-2007

Vice-Rector, United Nations University

1990-2003

Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

1979

Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

1973

Research Associate, The University of Tokyo

Areas of expertise:

Interested in new technologies and methodologies to reduce per capita CO₂ emission within 20 - 30 years including ways of thinking and social systems in advanced countries. Ways of Cooperation between developed and under developing countries are other interests.

Fields: 

CO₂ Reduction Technologies, Life Cycle Assessment, Risk Assessment, Risk Communication, Management of Chemical Substances