James L. Buizer
Deputy Director
Natural Resources and the Environment
Climate Adaptation and International Development
United States of America
Biography
He serves on the UA President’s Advisory Council on Environmental Sustainability. Externally, he serves as chairman of the board of directors at the National Council for Science and the Environment, vice chairman of the board of directors at Second Nature, Inc., and chairman of the senior advisoryboard at the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia. He also serves on the board on global strategies of the American Meteorological Society, on the board of directors of the Foundation for Earth Science, the advisory board for Planet Forward at George Washington University, and as senior sustainability scientist at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability. His degrees are in oceanography and marine policy from the University of Washington.
Research Interest
Business and Economics, Decision making, Natural resource management, Climate and Adaptation, Adaptation, Climate assessment, Climate change, Climate variability, Development, Global warming, Human dimensions, Impacts, International, Science communication, Stakeholder engagement, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency technologies, Food Systems and Security, International development, Governance, Law, and Policy, Natural Environment and Biodiversity, Oceanography, Public Health, Decision support, Urban Environment, Water, Arid lands, Climate change impacts
