Prof Diana Liverman joins Advisory Board (Red Redemption)

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We are pleased to announce that Professor Diana Liverman has joined our advisory board.

Diana has had a fascinating career in many aspects of geography and environmental science and policy. She is the Director of the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University though she is currently on sabbatical as a senior research fellow in ECI and Professor of Geography at Oxford and as co-director of the Institute for Environment and Society at the University of Arizona.

Diana Liverman has been appointed to the new committee on ‘America’s Climate Choices’ convened by the US National Academies at the request of Congress, to advise the Government on responses to climate change. The US Committee on America’s Climate Choices brings together 21 distinguished scientists, political, civic and business leaders to examine the challenges of climate change and provide advice to Congress on the most effective steps and most promising strategies that can be taken to respond. The Committee will convene a major climate Summit in Washington in Spring 2009. The Committee will co-ordinate four panels to study global climate change, including the science and technology challenges involved in reducing emissions and adapting to climate change. Professor Liverman will become Vice-Chair of the panel on ‘Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change’.

Professor Liverman said: ‘The study on America's Climate Choices could not come at a more important time for both the US and international research and policy on climate change. It will be a great privilege to participate in the study during a period of change and challenge in US climate policy, and I hope that I can add insights from the UK and international experiences to the discussions.’ Professor Liverman will be on leave from her position as Director of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute and will be based at the University of Arizona during 2009

We are very pleased to welcome Diana onboard.