Piers Forster

Piers Forster
NationalityBritish
Education
AwardsAmerican Geophysical Union Fellow (2019)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
ThesisMeasuring and modelling UV radiation (1994)
Doctoral advisorKeith Shine

Piers Forster is a Professor of Physical Climate Change and Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures at the University of Leeds.[1][2] A physicist by training, his research focuses on quantifying the different human causes of climate change and the way the Earth responds. He is best known for his work on radiative forcing, climate sensitivity, aviation-climate effects, climate engineering, climate modelling and carbon budgets. He has contributed heavily to the writing of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, including acting as a Lead Author for the Fourth[3] and Fifth[4] Assessment Reports, and a Co-ordinating Lead Author for the Sixth Report.[5][6] He also acted as a Lead Author of the IPCC 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C.[7][8] He leads an international effort to annually update climate indictors, the Indicators of Global Climate Change project.[9]

  1. ^ Environment, Faculty of. "Professor Piers Forster | School of Earth and Environment | University of Leeds". environment.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Profiles Archive". Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Chapter 2: Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing". www.ipcc.ch. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010.
  4. ^ "IPCC Summary for Policymakers, Drafting Authors". www.climatechange2013.org. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  5. ^ "IPCC Authors (beta)". apps.ipcc.ch. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ Brumfiel, Geoff (25 August 2011). "Cloud formation may be linked to cosmic rays". Scientific American. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  7. ^ Summary for Policymakers (PDF), Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), nd, retrieved 8 October 2018, "IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty
  8. ^ Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (Report). Incheon, Republic of Korea: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  9. ^ Forster, Piers M.; Smith, Chris; Walsh, Tristram; Lamb, William F.; Lamboll, Robin; Hall, Bradley; Hauser, Mathias; Ribes, Aurélien; Rosen, Debbie; Gillett, Nathan P.; Palmer, Matthew D.; Rogelj, Joeri; von Schuckmann, Karina; Trewin, Blair; Allen, Myles (5 June 2024). "Indicators of Global Climate Change 2023: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence". Earth System Science Data. 16 (6): 2625–2658. Bibcode:2024ESSD...16.2625F. doi:10.5194/essd-16-2625-2024. hdl:20.500.11850/678430. ISSN 1866-3508.