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Gavin Schmidt, Acting Senior Climate Advisor Credits: NASA
To ensure that the Biden Administration’s climate science goals for NASA are effectively met, the agency has created a new position as Senior Climate Advisor and selected Gavin Schmidt, Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, as a role in acting Property until permanent appointment is made.
“This position will provide key insights and recommendations to NASA leaders across the spectrum of the agency’s science, technology and infrastructure programs related to climate,” said NASA acting administrator Steve Jurczyk. “This will allow the agency to focus our efforts more effectively to meet the administration’s goals to combat climate change.”
Climate adaptation and mitigation efforts cannot be successful without solid climate monitoring and research. With more than two dozen satellites and instruments monitoring key climate indicators, NASA is the premier agency for observing and understanding changes on Earth. In addition, NASA enjoys widespread public support and trust, and gives credibility to its climate observations.
“The complexity of climate processes is not yet fully understood and climate adaptation and mitigation efforts cannot be successful without solid climate observations, data and research,” said NASA’s acting chief of staff Bhavya Lal. “The appointment of Gavin Schmidt will help ensure that the Biden Administration has the critical data to execute and pursue its plan to achieve net zero global emissions by 2050 and a healthier, safer and more prosperous planet for us to create our children. ”
Representing the agency’s strategic scientific goals and accomplishments, NASA’s chief climate investment advisor will be advocating for broader government agendas and working closely with the White House Science and Technology Policy Office and Administration and Budget Office.
In particular, the lead climate advisor will work to:
- Promote and participate in climate-related investments in the Department of Earth Sciences of the Directorate for Science Missions.
- Promote aviation and other technology initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and far-reaching climate impacts.
- Demonstrate and communicate the societal impact and breadth of NASA investments in terms of climate.
- Promote communication and coordination within and outside of NASA’s scientific community.
- Get actively involved in improving the agency’s climate-related research and technological development.
Schmidt has been GISS Director since 2014. His main research interest is the use of climate models to understand past, present and future climate change. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 research papers in specialist literature. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was the first winner of the AGU Climate Communication Prize in 2011. He also received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2017. He has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Oxford University and a PhD in applied mathematics from University College London.
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