Lecture time & venue

Time: May 11, 2023 (Thursday) 19:00-20:35

Venue: Tencent Conference Room

Topic: The Scientific Aspects of Climate Change and its Impact on the Environment

Speaker Introduction: Ding Yihui

Ding Yihui (1938-). ，Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering，is professor and special adviser on climate change of the China Meteorological Administration. Now he is adviser of the China Expert Panel on Climate Change. He once served as director general of National Climate Change,CMA and co-chair of Working Group 1 of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang (IPCC).

Prof. Ding graduated from Department of Geophysics of Beijing University in 1963 and graduated from Graduate College, Chinese Academy of Science in 1967. He has been involved in atmospheric science and climate change as well as severe weather for long time, achieving important results. Andhe has participated in and led many China’s key research projects. He has made outstanding contributions to both research and prediction of the Asian monsoon, heavy rainfalls in East Asian,typhoon genesis over the West-Pacific,the climate change in China,and development of regional climate models. He participated in and chaired the preparation of IPCC First up to the Fifth Assessment Reports as one of world scientists who have outstanding contribution to climate change studies. In 1987 and 1995, he won the 3^rd class and 2^nd class State Natural Science Prize, respectively. In 2002,he won HLHI Science and Technology Progress Award. In 2003 and 2005 he received the 1^st class and 2^ndState Science and Technology Progress Prize, respectively. In 2005,he received WMO Award for outstanding work in the field of climate prediction,climate change and monsoon climatology.