Carbon Brief’s editorial team is supported by an international group of academics, each specialising in various areas of climate science, biodiversity, energy and policy.
As contributing editors, they help to keep Carbon Brief up-to-date with the latest scientific and policy developments, as well as providing advice, when required, on matters of scientific accuracy.
The contributing editors, who will serve a term of two years in the role, are not paid by Carbon Brief and do not endorse its content.
Dr Céline Guivarch(@CelineGuivarch)
Guivarch is aprofessor at Ecole des Ponts ParisTechin France and a researcher at the International Research Center on Environment and Development (CIRED). Her research focuses on the economic impacts of climate change and pathways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. She is a member of the FrenchHigh Council for Climateand was a lead author of theIPCC AR6 reporton mitigating climate change.
Prof Frank Jotzo(@frankjotzo)
Jotzo is aprofessor of environmental economicsat the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy. His research focuses on decarbonisation strategies and energy transition, as well as climate change economics and policy. He was a lead author of the IPCC’s AR5 and AR6 reports on mitigating climate change. He has advised national and state governments, organisations and businesses.
Dr Zachary Labe(@ZLabe)
Labe is apostdoctoral research associateat the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program at Princeton University. His research explores the intersection of internal climate variability, extreme events, climate projections and artificial intelligence.
Dr David Lapola(@DavidLapola)
Lapola is aresearch scientistat the University of Campinas in Brazil, where he coordinates the Earth System Science Laboratory. His research focuses on global change ecology, land-use change, ecosystem services, the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, Earth system modelling and sustainability science. He coordinates theAmazon-FACE experimentexamining the impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 on the Amazon rainforest. He was a contributing author of the IPCC AR6 report and lead author of the first Science Panel for the Amazonassessment report.
Dr Friederike Otto(@FrediOtto)
Otto is asenior lecturer in climate scienceat Imperial College London’s Grantham Institute. She previously worked for 10 years at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on extreme weather events and understanding whether and to what extent these are made more likely or intense due to climate change. She is co-founder and leader of theWorld Weather Attributioninitiative and was a lead author in the IPCC AR6 WG1 andsynthesis report. In 2021 she madeTIME’s list of the top 100 influential people in the world.
Prof Lisa Schipper(@schipper_lisa)
Schipper is aprofessor of development geographyat the University of Bonn in Germany, where she runs the adaptation research collective Adaptation Hive. Her research focuses on the links between adaptation and development, including how to avoid maladaptation and ensure equity in adaptation. She is co-editor-in-chief of the journalClimate and Developmentand was a coordinating lead author of theIPCC AR6 reporton climate impacts and adaptation.
Dr Chandni Singh(@_chandnisingh)
Singh is asenior researcher在学校的环境and Sustainability at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements in Bangalore. Her research focuses on the intersection of climate change adaptation and development, including differential vulnerability to climate risks, how and why people choose to adapt or not and the role of migration in building resilience and wellbeing. She was a lead author of theIPCC AR6 reporton climate impacts and adaptation and a contributing author on the IPCCspecial reporton 1.5C.
Dr Portia Adade Williams(@adadeposh)
Williams is aresearch scientistat the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Ghana. Her research focuses on feasibility and effectiveness of climate adaptation options across different regions in Africa. She was a contributing author of theIPCC AR6 reporton climate impacts and adaptation and a contributing author of the 2022-2032 African Union’sclimate change and resilient development strategy and action plans.
Carbon Brief is grateful for the support of its previous contributing editors:Prof Richard Allan;Prof Mark Brandon;Piers Forster教授;Prof Gabriele Hegerl;Prof Simon Lewis;Prof Tim Osborn;Prof Camille Parmesan; andProf Peter Stott.
