Francois Engelbrecht
Francois Engelbrecht is distinguished professor of Climatology and director of the Global Change Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He specialises in climate model development and the simulation of climate variability and change in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. Engelbrecht has established extensive regional climate modelling capabilities in South Africa and leads the development of an Africa-based Earth System Model.
He served as an invited lead author of the IPCC’s special report Global Warming of 1.5 ºC (2018) as well as of the Assessment Report Six Working Group I report (2021).
He currently serves as co-chair of the Scientific Steering Group of CLIVAR of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), co-chair of the Joint Expert Team on Earth System Implementation of the World Meteorological Organization and as elected president of the South African Society of Atmospheric Sciences.
Die klimaatstelsel het reeds verander, volgens klimaatkundige
2023-02-24Freek Robinson gesels met klimaatkundige Francois Engelbrecht (Universiteit van die Witwatersrand) oor klimaatsverandering op ’n plaaslike en globale vlak, die wetenskap van klimaatsverandering, en die Parys-ooreenkoms oor klimaatsverandering.