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List of women climate scientists and activists

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The following is a list of women climate scientists and activists by nationality – women who are well known for their work in the field of climatology.

Introduction

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Women have made major contributions to climate change research and policy and to broader analysis of global environmental issues.[1] They include many women scientists as well as policy makers and activists. Women researchers have made significant contributions to major scientific assessments such as those of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and are reasonably well represented on key global change committees of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and US National Academy of Sciences. They have played important leadership roles in international climate policy. For example, Christiana Figueres leads the international climate negotiations as the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and former Irish President Mary Robinson is the UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. Susan Solomon chaired the climate science working group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment in 2007.[2] Since 1990, women have been playing an increasingly important role on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a key international forum.[3]

Afghanistan

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  • Zuhal Atmar, pioneering environmentalist who ran a recycling plant
  • Faiza Darkhani (born 1992), environmentalist, climate change scholar, and women's rights activist

Argentina

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  • Inés Camilloni (born 1964), climatologist studying climate change in South America

Australia

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Belgium

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Bolivia

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Brazil

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  • Rosaly Lopes (born 1957), geologist specializing in volcanology
  • Antônia Melo (born 1949), environmentalist and human rights activist

Cameroon

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Canada

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Chad

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Chile

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  • Adriana Hoffmann (1940–2022), environmentalist involved in the sustainable management of Chilean forests
  • Sara Larraín (born 1962), politician and environmental activist
  • Veronica Vallejos (born c. 1967), marine biologist and Antarctic researcher

China

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  • Chai Jing (born 1976), journalist and environmental activist producing a documentary, later banned, on pollution and environmental policy
  • Howey Ou (born c.2003), young activist inspired by Greta Thunberg

Colombia

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Costa Rica

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Denmark

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Inger Andersen, Danish environmentalist (2010)

Dominican Republic

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  • Idelisa Bonnelly (1931–2022), marine biologist who created first sanctuary in the North Atlantic for humpback whales

Ecuador

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Fiji

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  • Kavita Naidu, lawyer working on international climate change law

Finland

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France

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The Gambia

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  • Fatou Jeng (born 1996), internationally recognized Gambian climate activist

Germany

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Ghana

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Guatemala

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Guinea-Bissau

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Honduras

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  • Berta Cáceres (1971–2016), environmental activist and indigenous leader

Iceland

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  • Sigríður Tómasdóttir (1871–1957), environmentalist active in saving the Gullfoss waterfalls from industrialization

India

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Indian climate change activist Sunita Narain (2009)
  • Sulochana Gadgil (born 1944), meteorologist studying monsoons
  • Paramjit Khurana (born 1956), biologist specializing in plant biotechnology
  • Sunita Narain (born 1961), environmentalist, clean energy advocate and political activist
  • Medha Patkar (born 1964), politician, rights activist and environmentalist
  • Disha Ravi (born 1998/99), youth climate activist

Indonesia

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Ireland

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Irish environmental scientist Tara Shine (2019)

Italy

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  • Simona Bordoni (born 1972), climatologist studying atmospheric dynamics in California
  • Nicola Scafetta (born 1975), astronomer and climate scientist

Kenya

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Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai (2001)
  • Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), environmental activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner

Laos

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Madagascar

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Marshall Islands

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Mexico

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Netherlands

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  • Elisabeth Gottschalk (1912–1989), investigated storm surges and river floods
  • Saskia Ozinga (born 1960), environmental and social activist involved in forest conservation

New Zealand

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Gillian Wratt, New Zealand Arctic researcher

Niger

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Nigeria

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Norway

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Papua New Guinea

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Peru

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Chicaje of Peru

Philippines

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Poland

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Russia

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  • Maria Klenova (1898–1976), pioneering Russian marine scientist
  • Olga Zolina (born 1975), climatologist, modeling of extreme precipitation

Rwanda

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  • Rose Mukankomeje, politician and environmental activist addressing forest conservation

South Africa

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South Korea

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  • June-Yi Lee, atmospheric scientist investigating future climate scenarios

Spain

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Sudanese climate activist Nisreen Elsaim (October 2022)

Sri Lanka

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Sudan

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Sweden

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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (March 2020)
  • Isabelle Axelsson (born 2001), young climate activist
  • Inger Holmlund (1927–2019), environmentalist active in tree-planting and craft projects for women in Kenya
  • Greta Thunberg (born 2003), climate change activist beginning school climate strikes in 2018

Switzerland

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  • Martine Rebetez (born 1961), climatologist working on the consequences of climate change in Switzerland
  • Sonja Wipf (born 1973), plant ecologist studying climate change
  • Anita Studer (born 1944), conservationist and ecologist

Thailand

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  • Kotchakorn Voraakhom (born 1981), landscape architect contributing to projects addressing climate change

Trinidad and Tobago

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Ugandan youth climate activist Hilda Flavia Nakabuye (April 2022)

Uganda

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United Kingdom

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Emily Shuckburgh, British climate science communicator (2017)

United States

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Rachel Carson, American marine biologist and conservationist

Uruguay

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Vanuatu

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Vietnam

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References

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  1. ^ Sachs, Carolyn (2014). Women Working In The Environment: Resourceful Natures. Taylor and Francis.
  2. ^ "Women scientists on the forefront of climate action". United Nations. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ Gay-Antaki, Miriam (17 January 2018). "Climate for women in climate science: Women scientists and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (9). PNAS: 2060–2065. Bibcode:2018PNAS..115.2060G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1710271115. PMC 5834669. PMID 29440422.
  4. ^ Arvin, Jariel (2020-12-11). "The Paris climate pact is 5 years old. 5 youth activists share their hopes for what's next". Vox. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

See also

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