Governance

    Clear filters

    The Office for Climate Education is operated by:

    • a Strategic committee;
    • a Scientific and pedagogical committee;
    • an Operational team (also called "Executive secretariat").

     

    Strategic Board

    The Strategic board is responsible for steering the OCE. Its president is Eric Guilyardi and its members are:

     

    The founders

    • Luc Abbadie, Director of the Institute for Environmental Transition of Sorbonne University;
    • Jean Jouzel, President of Météo et Climat, France;
    • Hervé Roquet, Research assistant director of Météo France;
    • Daniel Rouan, President of the Foundation La main à la pate, France;
    • Marie-Lise Sabrié, Director of the Scientific culture and technologic mission of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France.

     

    Qualified members

    • Barbara Filtzinger, Responsible for education at the Siemens Stiftung, Germany;
    • Eric Guilyardi, Oceanographer and climate scientist, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), France;
    • Anna Pirani, Head of the technical support unit of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group 1, France;
    • Jean-Loup Puget, Académie des sciences, France
    • Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor at the Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Germany.

     

    Permanent guests

    • Pierre Léna, Académie des sciences, Honorary president of the Foundation La main à la pâte;
    • David Wilgenbus, Chief executive officer of the OCE.

     

    Scientific and pedagogical committee

    In January 2020, the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee is chaired by Cliona Murphy.

    The other members are:

    • Juan Carlos Andrade, Pedagogic project officer, Innovec, Mexico;
    • Stéphan Baillargeon, Director of the Regional pole for science and technology education, Québec, Canada;
    • Badin Borde, Education project manager, Siemens Stiftung, Germany;
    • Sanny Djohan, Director of PT Kuark Internasional, Indonesia;
    • Jean-Louis Dufresne, Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France;
    • Serge Janicot, climate scientist at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France;
    • Pramod Kumar Sharma, Senior Director of Education, Foundation for Environmental Education, Danemark;
    • Maria Martin, Climate physicist, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Germany;
    • Claudia Martinez, Executive Director, Educator Programs and CA Subject Matter Project, Diversity and Engagement, University of California Office of the President, USA;
    • Cliona Murphy, Associate professor at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland;
    • Minal Pathak, Senior Scientist, technical support unit of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III, India;
    • Elvira Poloczanska, Science Advisor to the IPCC Working Group II Co-Chairs and TSU, Germany;
    • Anwar Rumjaun, Associate Professor at the Mauritius Institute of Education, Mauritius;
    • Jenny Schlüpmann, Physicist, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany;
    • Vincent Viguié, Economist, Centre international de recherche sur l’environnement et le développement (CIRED), France;
    • Gabrielle Zimmermann, Biologist and teacher trainer, Foundation La main à la pâte, France