Dr Pep Canadell
Chief Research Scientist
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Biography
Pep is a Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO Climate Science Centre and Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, a global consortium of scientists under the umbrella of Future Earth and a scientific partner of the World Climate Research Programme. The GCP studies the impact of human activities on the carbon cycle and other biogeochemical cycles, and its associated changes in the climate system.
Pep focuses on collaborative and highly integrative research to develop Australian, regional and global budgets and trend analyses of the main greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. He also studies the size and vulnerability of Australian and the Earth’s carbon pools, carbon-climate feedbacks, and pathways to decarbonization to stabilize the climate, which include land-based carbon sequestration and negative emissions. His focus is in using robust understanding of Australia and global biogeochemical cycles to address questions of great policy relevance.
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Executive Director
global carbon project -
Chief Investigator
NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub
Academic Qualifications
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1995
PhD
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona -
1989
Master in Ecology
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Catalonia
Achievements and Awards
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2018-2021
Selected Coordinating Leading Author of IPCC AR6 WG1
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -
2017
Highly cited researcher in Geoscience
Web of Science-Clarivate Analytics -
2017
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
American Geophysical Union -
2015
Top 15 most cited authors in climate change top journals
CarbonBrief -
2014
Newton Turner Career Award
CSIRO -
2007
Member of IPCC awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Prize
