Govindasamy Bala

Govindasamy Bala

Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute for Science

Govindasamy Bala is a Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science. His main research interests are modelling climate change, carbon and water cycles, solar geoengineering, and the global and regional monsoon systems. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers on climate change, carbon cycle and monsoons, and has served as a Lead and Contributing Author in the AR5 and AR6 IPCC WG1 reports. He is currently a member of the Earth Commission hosted by Future Earth, and an advisory board member for the AGU ethical framework for climate intervention.