Amjad Abdulla

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Amjad Abdulla (born September 10, 1970 ) is a Maldivian environmental politician and climate scientist. He is Deputy Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Director General of the Ministry of Environment and Energy in his country. He is also chief negotiator of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), which represents states particularly hard hit by the climate crisis .

Life

Abdulla received an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Brighton University from 1992 to 1996 . He graduated from Bath University with a major in environmental science, politics and planning from 1999 to 2000 .

Act

Abdulla was one of the authors of the Extreme Event and Disaster Risk Management Special Report to Promote Adaptation to Climate Change and the IPCC Special Report 1.5 ° C Global Warming . Commenting on the results of the latter report, he said: “It is extremely alarming. The islets will be the first, but no one can escape; that's pretty clear. "

As a representative of the Maldives, which are particularly hard hit by the climate crisis , he refers to the responsibility of the industrialized countries. In the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015, he recalled the problems at the previous conference in Copenhagen: “We started with a draft that did not reflect the point of view of the developing countries and lost a day to reintegrate it. If we are to avoid another Copenhagen in Paris, we must take this lesson to heart. ”In 2018 he said:“ The industrialized countries must go ahead. We have a huge gap - we haven't really fulfilled the measures (by the rich countries) to reduce CO 2 emissions before 2020 - and we are already starting with rules for the period after 2020, that's unfair. "

credentials

  1. ↑ a b c d e Curriculum Vitae: Amjad Abdulla. IPCC, accessed October 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ https://www.ipcc.ch/people/amjad-abdulla/
  3. ↑ https://www.climateforesight.eu/cities-coasts/small-island-states-at-the-forefront/
  4. ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/managing-the-risks-of-extreme-events-and-disasters-to-advance-climate-change-adaptation/0D6C7E5AAD12D00CB305C9933422989C
  5. ↑ https://archive.ipcc.ch/report/authors/report.authors.php?q=32&p=&p
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45784892
  7. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34618513
  8. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44060910
personal data
SURNAME Abdulla, Amjad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maldivian environmental politician and climate scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1970