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Committees and Teams of the Congress
Scientific Steering Committee
The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) is responsible for creating the congress programme and will also be discussing the products of the Writing Team. The members of the Committee are:
| Members | University |
|---|---|
| Professor Katherine Richardson (Chair) | University of Copenhagen |
| Professor Ole Wæver | University of Copenhagen |
| Professor Inez Fung | UC Berkeley |
| Professor Daniel M. Kammen | UC Berkeley |
| Dr. F. Michael Saunders | National University of Singapore |
| Professor Akimasa Sumi | The University of Tokyo |
| Professor Kazuhiko Takeuchi | The University of Tokyo |
| Keisuke Hanaki | The University of Tokyo |
| Professor Will Steffen | Australian National University |
| Dr. Frank Jotzo | Australian National University |
| Professor Nina Buchmann | ETH Zurich |
| Professor Christoph Schär | ETH Zurich |
| Professor Dan Esty | Yale University |
| Professor Diana Liverman | Oxford University |
| Professor Lu | Peking University |
| Dr. Terry Barker | Cambridge University |
Local Organising Committee
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) was responsible for the organisational part of the congress. The members of the Committee were:
| Members | Title | Department/Faculty | University |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Niels Elers Koch (Chairman) |
Managing Director | Forest & Landscape, Faculty of Life Sciences | University of Copenhagen |
| Katherine Richardson |
Professor & Vice-Dean |
Faculty of Science | University of Copenhagen |
| Torben M. Timmermann | Head of Climate Office | Climate Office | University of Copenhagen |
| Dzenan Omerbegovic | Head of Section | Accounts Department, Finance Division, Central Administration | University of Copenhagen |
|
Jørn Vestergaard (Vice-Chairman) |
Professor & Vice-Dean | Faculty of Law | University of Copenhagen |
| Torben Rytter Kristensen | Executive Consultant | Director's Office, Central Administration | University of Copenhagen |
Writing Team
The Writing Team, consisting of 12 internationally respected scientists from all continents, is responsible for developing both written products - the Synthesis Report and the book. When the Synthesis Report has been drafted by the Writing Team, it will be discussed in the Scientific Steering Committee and reviewed by the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), the session chairs of the congress, and a group of experts identified by the IARU universities. The Writing Team will also be responsible for writing the book.
Members of the Writing Team (in alphabetical order):
| Members | University/Institute/Organization |
| Professor Joe Alcamo |
University of Kassel |
| Dr. Terry Barker |
Cambridge University |
| Professor Daniel M. Kammen |
University of California - Berkeley |
| Professor Rik Leemans |
Wageningen University |
| Professor Diana Liverman |
Oxford University |
| Professor Mohan Munasinghe |
Munasinghe Institute of Development (MIND) |
| Dr. Balgis Osman-Elasha |
Higher Council for Environment & Natural Resources (HCENR), Sudan |
| Professor Katherine Richardson |
University of Copenhagen |
| Professor John Schellnhuber |
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
| Professor Will Steffen |
Australian National University |
| Professor Lord Nicholas Stern |
London School of Economics (LSE) |
| Professor Ole Wæver |
University of Copenhagen |