Chris Lennard
Climatologist at the Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town
Chris is a climatologist at the international research centre Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), based at the University of Cape Town. CSAG have over a decade of experience in engaging with society to co-produce relevant and actionable climate information, in both physical and social dimensions of climate variability and change. Chris has been a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and serves as co-chair of the World Climate Research Programme Academy, whose mission is to equip current and future climate scientists with the knowledge, skills and attributes required to tackle the world’s most pressing and challenging climate research questions. He is also a research collaborator and co- principal investigator for the Degrees Modelling Fund.