Costa Rican climate change diplomat 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 .
Women have made major contributions to climate change research and policy and to broader analysis of global environmental issues .[1] 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] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , a key international forum.[3]
Zuhal Atmar , pioneering environmentalist who ran a recycling plantFaiza Darkhani (born 1992), environmentalist, climate change scholar, and women's rights activistInés Camilloni (born 1964), climatologist studying climate change in South AmericaNerilie Abram (born 1977), researcher in climate change and paleoclimatologyTracy Ainsworth , marine biologist working on coral reefsLisa Alexander , international expert on heatwavesJulie Arblaster , climate change researcher, contributor to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeSue Barrell , meteorologist active in climate monitoring and ocean-earth observationsKirsten Benkendorff (born 1973), marine scientist working on molluscsWendy Bowman (born c.1934), environmental activistWendy Craik (born 1949), scientist working for the Climate Change AuthorityAdriana Dutkiewicz , sedimentologist at the University of SydneyAnn Henderson-Sellers (1952-), climate change risk evaluationTaryn Lane , renewable energy expertJudith Lean , Australian-American solar and climate scientistIndia Logan-Riley , Māori climate activistJanice Lough , climate scientist researching coral reefsAmanda Lynch , Professor at Brown University researching atmospheric and climate change science, and environmental policy and Indigenous knowledgeCara Augustenborg (1938–2017), Slovene-American artist and environmental activistAnn Henderson-Sellers (born 1952), earth systems scientist focusing on climatic impactsJane McAdam (born 1974), legal expert on climate change and refugeesHelen McGregor , geologist and climate change researcher, Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University Amanda McKenzie , commentator on climate changeJessica Melbourne-Thomas , marine ecologist and ecosystem modellerSam Mostyn (born c.1964), businesswoman active in climate changeSarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick (born 1983), heatwave researchAnjali Sharma (born 2004), child climate activistKate Trinajstic , paleontologist and evolutionary biologistJo Vallentine (born 1946), anti-nuclear activistCarden Wallace , marine biologist and museum director, expert on coralsShemara Wikramanayake (born 1962), businesswoman striving for low carbon emissions and renewable energy productionPenny Whetton (1958–2019), regional climate change projections for AustraliaKatherine Woodthorpe , executive involved in bushfire and natural hazardsRosaly Lopes (born 1957), geologist specializing in volcanologyAntônia Melo (born 1949), environmentalist and human rights activistEriel Deranger (born 1979), indigenous rights activist intent on climate actionMarie-Josée Fortin (born 1958), spatial ecology researcherNatalya Gomez , climate-ice sheet-solid earth modeler, professor at McGill University Katharine Hayhoe (born 1972), atmospheric science, global climate modelsNasrin Husseini , Afghan-born refugee, food activist working on improved productivity through breedingNaomi Klein (born 1970), author, filmmaker and environmental activistMelina Laboucan-Massimo , climate justice and Indigenous rights activistCorinne Le Quéré (born 1966), Royal Society research professor, University of East AngliaDeborah Martin-Downs , aquatic biologist, ecologistLine Rochefort , ecologist specializing in peatland restorationMarie Sanderson (1921–2010), geographer and climatologistAdriana Hoffmann (1940–2022), environmentalist involved in the sustainable management of Chilean forestsSara Larraín (born 1962), politician and environmental activistVeronica Vallejos (born c. 1967), marine biologist and Antarctic researcherChai Jing (born 1976), journalist and environmental activist producing a documentary, later banned, on pollution and environmental policyHowey Ou (born c.2003), young activist inspired by Greta ThunbergInger Andersen, Danish environmentalist (2010) Idelisa Bonnelly (1931–2022), marine biologist who created first sanctuary in the North Atlantic for humpback whalesKavita Naidu , lawyer working on international climate change lawHélène Bergès (born 1966), director of the Plant Genomic Resources Center (CNRGV), plant geneticist investigating ocean-atmospheric couplingPascale Braconnot , climate scientistValérie Cabanes (born 1969), lawyer and environmentalistAnny Cazenave (born 1944), geodesist researching sea level rise caused by global warmingFrançoise Gasse (1942–2014), paleobiologist specializing in lacustrine sedimentsAmaelle Landais-Israël (born 1977), climatologist researching Greenland ice and the North AtlanticMarguerite Augusta Marie Löwenhielm , mycologist studying the effectiveness of American grapevine against harmful insect pestValerie Masson-Delmotte , focus on paleoclimatology at the Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (LSCE)Anaïs Orsi , climate scientist studying global warming through changes in polar iceMagali Reghezza-Zitt, geographer and co-director of the Centre de formation sur l'environnement et la société at the École normale supérieure . Her work focuses on the notions of risk and crisis, vulnerability and resilience, and adaptation, in the context of globalisation and environmental change . She is a menmber High Council on Climate and Chevalier Ordre national du Mérite .
Catherine Ritz , Antarctic researcher working on ice sheets and rise in sea levelFrançoise Vimeux , climatologist, research director at the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), works at the Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement (LSCE) and the Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier (HSM)Fatou Jeng (born 1996), internationally recognized Gambian climate activistSilvia Bender (born 1970), Green party politicianNancy Bertler , Antarctic researcher investigating climate historyLina Eichler (born 2002), climate activistSabine Fuss , climate scientist focusing on sustainable resource managementUlrike Lohmann (born 1966), climate researcher focusing on aerosol particles in cloudsKatrin Meissner , German and Australian physical oceanographer and climate scientist, director of the Climate Change Research Centre at University of New South Wales Friederike Otto (born 1982), German climatologist, associate director of the Environmental Change Institute Ricarda Winkelmann (born 1985), climatologist researching interdependencies between climate, land ice and the oceanKirsten Zickfeld , climate physicist now based in CanadaBerta Cáceres (1971–2016), environmental activist and indigenous leaderSigríður Tómasdóttir (1871–1957), environmentalist active in saving the Gullfoss waterfalls from industrializationIndian climate change activist Sunita Narain (2009) Sulochana Gadgil (born 1944), meteorologist studying monsoonsParamjit Khurana (born 1956), biologist specializing in plant biotechnologySunita Narain (born 1961), environmentalist, clean energy advocate and political activistMedha Patkar (born 1964), politician, rights activist and environmentalistDisha Ravi (born 1998/99), youth climate activistIrish environmental scientist Tara Shine (2019) Simona Bordoni (born 1972), climatologist studying atmospheric dynamics in CaliforniaNicola Scafetta (born 1975), astronomer and climate scientistKenyan activist Wangari Maathai (2001) Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), environmental activist, Nobel Peace Prize winnerElisabeth Gottschalk (1912–1989), investigated storm surges and river floodsSaskia Ozinga (born 1960), environmental and social activist involved in forest conservationGillian Wratt, New Zealand Arctic researcher Chicaje of Peru Maria Klenova (1898–1976), pioneering Russian marine scientistOlga Zolina (born 1975), climatologist, modeling of extreme precipitationRose Mukankomeje , politician and environmental activist addressing forest conservationJune-Yi Lee , atmospheric scientist investigating future climate scenariosSudanese climate activist Nisreen Elsaim (October 2022) Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (March 2020) Isabelle Axelsson (born 2001), young climate activistInger Holmlund (1927–2019), environmentalist active in tree-planting and craft projects for women in KenyaGreta Thunberg (born 2003), climate change activist beginning school climate strikes in 2018Martine Rebetez (born 1961), climatologist working on the consequences of climate change in SwitzerlandSonja Wipf (born 1973), plant ecologist studying climate changeAnita Studer (born 1944), conservationist and ecologistKotchakorn Voraakhom (born 1981), landscape architect contributing to projects addressing climate changeTrinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Ugandan youth climate activist Hilda Flavia Nakabuye (April 2022) Emily Shuckburgh, British climate science communicator (2017) Helen ApSimon (born 1942), air pollution scientistSarah Martha Baker (1887–1917), botanist and ecologistBrenda Boardman (born 1943), domestic energy efficiency and fuel poverty researcher and campaignerJudith Bunbury (born 1967), geoarchaeologistTamsin Edwards , climate scientist, popular communicatorHayley Fowler , research focused on climate change and variability on hydrological and water resource systemsKatharine Giles (1978–2013), climate scientist researching sea ice cover, ocean circulation and wind patternsJean Grove (1927-2001), glaciologist; the Little Ice AgeJoanna Haigh (1954-), atmospheric physicist, Co-Director of Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, solar variabilityGabriele C. Hegerl (born 1962), Professor of Climate System Science at the University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciencesHelene Hewitt , Met Office researcher on ocean modelingEllie Highwood , Professor of Climate Physics at the University of Reading Joanne Johnson (born 1977), geologist, Antarctic scientistCaroline King-Okumu , researcher focusing on dryland ecosystems, environmental assessment and climate changeRachel Kyte , international strategist on sustainable energySonya Legg , oceanographer studying ocean circulation processesDiana Liverman (born 1954), climate impacts, vulnerability and policyGeorgina Mace (1953–2020), ecologist and conservation scientistBarbara Maher (born 1960), environmental scientist researching magnetic particles and pollutionStephanie Peay (born 1959), ecologist and crayfish researcherVicky Pope , Head of the Climate Prediction Programme at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research Paula Reimer , radiocarbon and archaeological scientist at the 14Chrono Centre for ClimateEmily Shuckburgh , climate scientist, mathematician and science communicatorLiz Thomas , paleoclimatologist, ice cores , British Antarctic Survey Rachel Carson, American marine biologist and conservationist Lydia Adams-Williams (1867–1928), writer focusing on conservation and deforestationAlice Alldredge , (born 1949) oceanographer and researcher of marine snow and demersal zooplanktonTanya Atwater (born 1942), marine geologistThelma Babbitt (1906–2004), civil rights and environmental activistSallie Baliunas (born 1953), retired astrophysicist active in global warming and climate researchLisa Beal , British-born oceanographer investigating the Agulhas currentBarbara Bell (1922–2017), astronomer contributing to climate historyAbigail Borah , environmental activistFlorence Elfelt Bramhall (1862–1924), forest conservationistEmma Lucy Braun (1889–1971), botanist, ecologist and academicMargaret Bryan Davis (born 1931), paleoecologist studying plant pollenMolly Burhans (born 1989), cartographer and environmental activistElizabeth Canuel , chemical oceanographer investigating organic carbon cyclingRachel Carson (1907–1964), marine biologist and conservationistJeannine Cavender-Bares (fl. 2000), evolutionary biologistDanielle Claar , marine scientist studying effect of climate on coral symbionts and parasitesAmy C. Clement , atmospheric and marine scientist modelling climate changeKim Cobb (born 1974), climate scientist studying oceanographyLisa Goddard (1966–2022), climate scientist focused on weather forecastingEmma Cole (1845–1910), botanistMaureen Conte , biogeochemist studying long-term cycling of chemical compounds in seawaterAllison Crimmins , head of the National Climate Assessment Heidi Cullen , meteorologist, chief scientist for Climate Central Judith Curry , climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of TechnologyRosanne D'Arrigo , climate researcher using dendrochronologyKendra Daly , oceanographer specializing in zooplanktonViolet Dandridge (1878–1956), Smithsonian scientific illustratorLesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux , Trinidad-born geographer and climate researcher, now in VermontSylvia Earle (born 1935), marine biologistErika Edwards , researcher focusing on the evolution of plantsJane Fonda (born 1937), actress, feminist and environmentalistEunice Newton Foote (1819–1888), scientist who discovered the effect of carbon dioxide on climateGrace Voss Frederick (1905–2009), actress later focusing on natural environmental preservationDaphne Frias (born 1998), activist focusing on gun control, climate change and environmental and disability justiceInez Fung (born 1949), climate modeling, biogeochemical cycles, and climate changeNiria Alicia Garcia (born 1993), environmental activistPat Gozemba (born 1940), LGBT activist focusing on the environmentMarika Holland , scientist working on sea ice modellingAlice Clary Earle Hyde (1876–1943), botanical artist and conservationistDeborah Jacobvitz , ecologistFrances James (born 1930), ecologist and ornithologistGretchen Keppel-Aleks , climate scientist researching greenhouse gasesCaroline Ella Heminway Kierstead (1903–1985), geologist and micropaleontologistBronwen Konecky , climatologist focusing on climate change in the tropicsWinona LaDuke (born 1959), economist and environmentalistEstella Leopold (born 1927), paleobotanist and conservationistBeate G. Liepert , research scientist focusing on climate variabilityLorraine Lisiecki , paleoclimatologist studying the history of climate changeHunter Lovins (born 1950), environmentalist and sustainable proponentJane Lubchenco (born 1947), environmentalist and marine biologistCherilla Storrs Lowrey (1861–1918), founder of The Outdoor Circle, Hawaii's oldest environmental organizationKate Marvel , climate scientist, popular communicatorGalen McKinley , carbon cycle researcher, studying the interface between the ocean and the atmosphereMarcia McNutt (born 1952), geophysicist, president of the National Academy of Sciences Linda Mearns , geologist and climate scientist specializing in climate change assessmentSusanne Menden-Deuer (fl. 2000s), ecologist and oceanographerJill Mikucki , microbiologist, Antarctic researcherTwila Moon , scientist researching the Greenland ice sheetMarianne V. Moore , aquatic ecologistSue Moore , Arctic oceanographer studying whalesAnn Haven Morgan (1882–1966), zoologist and ecologistMargaret Mulholland , oceanographer studying nutrients in marine environmentsAlison Murray , biochemist, Antarctic researcherMargaret Nygard (1925–1995), British-born educator and conservationistKaren Oberhauser (born 1956), conservation biologist working with monarch butterfliesKittie Fenley Parker (1910–1994), botanical researcher and illustratorMary Peltola (fl. 1999), indigenous politician and environmentalistElsie Quarterman (1910–2014), plant ecologistMarilyn Raphael , Trinidad-born climate change scientist working on polar researchCicely Ridley (1927–2008), British-born mathematician focused on climate modellingEdith A. Roberts (1881–1977), pioneering plant ecologistGabrielle Rocap (born 1971), marine biologist investigating marine bacteria and phytoplanktonJoan Roughgarden (born 1946), ecologist and evolutionary biologistCynthia E. Rosenzweig (born 1958), climatologist, pioneered the study of climate change and agricultureJoellen Louise Russell (born 1970), oceanographer and climate scientistTatiana Rynearson , oceanographer studying plankton diversityEva Saulitis (1963–2016), marine biologist and writerSybil P. Seitzinger , oceanographer and climate scientist researching climate change and elemental cycling, especially nitrogen biogeochemistrySusan Solomon (born 1956), research in chlorofluorocarbons and ozone depletionMargaret Sordahl (1906–1995), ornithologist at the Smithsonian Astrophysucal ObservatoryLynne Talley , oceanographer and climate scientist at Scripps Institution of OceanographyElizabeth Teter Lunn (1904–1998), biologist and ecologistEllen Thomas (born 1950), Dutch-born environmental scientist specializing in marine micropaleontology and paleoceanographyAnne M. Thompson , specialist in atmospheric chemistry and climate changeLuAnne Thompson , oceanographer modeling movement of heat and chemical via ocean currentsVivian Thomson (fl 1997), environmental policy academicMaya Tolstoy , marine geophysicist investigating earthquakes in the deep seaSusan Trumbore , earth systems scientist focusing on the carbon cycle and its effects on climateMonica Turner (fl. 1980s), ecologist specializing in forest firesJulienne Stroeve , polar climate scientist working on the remote sensing of ice and snowCarol Van Strum (born 1940), environmentalist fighting against the use of pesticidesBetsy Weatherhead , former head of the National Climate Assessment Rebecca Woodgate , oceanographer working on ocean circulation in polar regionsKakani Katija Young , bioengineer focusing on marine organismsLinda Zall , environmental scientist specializing in satellite dataJoy Zedler (born 1943), restoration and wetland ecologist_(cropped).jpg)
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