Mike Sparrow Email & Phone Number

I am a successful and visionary climate, polar and marine manager and scientist with over twenty years of experience across a range of disciplines from climate change and oceanography to conservation issues and policy advice.Currently, I am Chief of WMO's Climate Research section and am responsible for managing the activities and staff of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). I lead WMO's input to relevant fora, including the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, and am the contact point for several Arctic Council Working Groups as well as attending COP and UNFCCC meetings for WCRP. I am also a member of several high-level groups such as ESA's Climate Science Advisory Body, the 10 New Insights in Climate Science Oversight Board, and the Advisory Committee of the Association of Early Career Scientists. I am a great believer of inclusion in the workplace, being a member of the WMO Gender Mainstreaming Committee and an ally of Polar Pride.Previously I was Executive Director of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). During this time my role was to guide and implement SCAR's vision and objectives, develop and implement SCAR activities, assist in raising external funds, oversee SCAR's communications, represent SCAR at international meetings and manage the SCAR Secretariat.I am a Southern Ocean oceanographer, with a PhD in Oceanography, a Masters degree in Atmospheric Sciences and a Bachelors in Physics. In my 'spare' time I like to train for triathlons, surf, and do obstacle course racing, whilst trying to keep up with my teenage sons.Specialties: Strategic Science Coordination, Science to Policy, Polar Science, Oceanography, Meteorology, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, ManagementTwitter: @DrMikeSparrow

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