Sir Robert Watson
Professor
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
United Kingdom
Biography
I am Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, here at UEA. I have worked as Chief Scientist at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); Chief Scientific Advisor and Director for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development at the World Bank; Associate Director for Environment in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President in the White House; and Director of the Science Division and Chief Scientist for the Office of Mission to Planet Earth at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). I am also Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Monash Sustainability Institute.
Research Interest
Environmental sciences
Publications
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Watson, R.T. (2005) Turning science into policy: challenges and experiences from the science-policy interface. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 360(1454), 471-477. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1601
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Watson, R.T., Patz, J., Gubler, D.J., Parson, E.A. and Vincent, J.H. (2005) Environmental health implications of global climate change. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 7(9), 834-843. DOI: 10.1039/b504683a
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Watson, R.T. (2001) Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report. Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 408pp.
