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2020-09-30 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | We are delighted to welcome Professor David Griggs PhD, FRMetS as the new President of the Royal Meteorological Society, alongside Professor Lesley Gray, PhD, FRMetS as the new Vice-President and Gary Johnston as the new Vice-President for Scotland. Following the announcement at the AGM earlier this year, they will formally take office tomorrow, 1 October 2020. President David Griggs is an adjunct Professor of Sustainable Development at Monash University in Australia and an Honorary Professor at Warwick University in the UK. He has been the Director of the Warwick Institute for Global Sustainable Development, Monash Sustainability Institute and CEO of ClimateWorks Australia - an independent research-based non-profit organisation committed to catalysing greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Previous positions held include Met Office Deputy Chief Scientist, Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change, and Head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientific assessment unit. David was heavily involved in the development of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including representing the Science and Technology Major Group in the SDG negotiations at the UN. David is a past vice-chair of the World Climate Research Programme, a member of the Victorian Ministerial Reference Council on Climate Change Adaptation and a member of the Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and was a member of the Climate Institute Strategic Council and Doctors for the Environment Australia Scientific Committee. In 1992, he was awarded the World Meteorological Organization Vilho Vaisala award and a WME Leaders List Award in 2014 – awarded by Australia’s leading environment business magazine to honour individuals who have provided extraordinary environment leadership. On election David said:
Vice-President Professor Lesley Gray works as an atmospheric researcher at the National Centre of Atmospheric Science (NCAS) unit based in the University of Oxford Physics Department, where she is Professor of Climate Dynamics. She has many years’ experience of leading both national and international research projects and her expertise is in understanding and modelling dynamical processes in the stratosphere with an emphasis on natural variability and its impacts at the Earth’s surface. Lesley has been a long-standing member of the Royal Meteorological Society, a previous Council Member and recently completed her five-year term as a Chief Editor of the Society’s Quarterly Journal. She is looking forward to learning more about the many different activities of the Society and getting to know the people involved. Her main aim is to maintain the Society’s role in a fast-changing world so that it continues to reach out and meet the needs of its diverse membership, from primary school age to retirement and across the working spectrum from academic researchers through to commercial providers and interested members of the public. Vice-President for Scotland Gary Johnston is not a Meteorologist, but the Managing Director of the north of Scotland’s largest leading architectural and town planning firm based in Inverness. In the knowledge that a quarter of the Society’s membership are enthusiasts, he felt his appointment would let them know that the Society really does represent all its members and that enthusiastic amateurs can play a vital role in the development of the organisation. Gary completed the Open University course on weather and shortly afterwards joined the Society. He was instrumental in setting up the local group in Inverness and joined the Scottish Centre Committee. Since taking up his interest in meteorology, Gary has built a comprehensive weather station and weather website, assisted with various meteorological software development projects, and completed several courses mainly regarding satellite observations and communications. During office, Gary hopes to ensure good video conferencing systems are in place for local centres and once COVID-19 has abated, encourage people to have the confidence to attend regular meetings in person. Gary thinks it is the responsibility of all members to ensure that climate change issues remain at the top of the news agenda and see more support for innovative solutions and new technologies to help address the global issues. At a more local level Gary would like to encourage new members to join the Society, including professionals, amateurs, students and people with a general interest in the weather and climate. Departing President David Warrilow. As we greet our new Council members, we would also like to take the opportunity to thank our departing President, David Warrilow OBE FRMetS. Our Chief Executive – Professor Liz Bentley said:
In his departing statement David commented:
The Society is also looking to fill vacancies for Members of Council retiring on 30 September 2021. The positions are as follows:
The role description for these vacancies can be found here. Please apply with a CV and covering statement to general.secretary@rmets.org detailing your skills, experience and qualifications for the role. To apply for the position applicants must be current members of the Society or prepared to join the Society before taking up the position. The closing date is 23 October 2020. |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/297329 |
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