Distinction: they reward an Argentine expert on climate change

For the first time, the prestigious "Cleveland Abbe" Award, which recognizes outstanding work in climate science and rewards the American Meteorological Society (AMS), is awarded this year to a scientist who does not come from central countries . She is Carolina Vera, Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Oceans of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the UBA.

As stated in her statement to the AMS, Vera, a personality not only known in scientific circles, but also a reference to explain the complex processes of climate change in the media, stands out for her "selfless dedication to promoting and communicating climate science to policymakers and stakeholders in South America and around the world. "

From Geneva, where he is attending a session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Vera said
at the site exact.uba.ar who feels "very happy to receive this award.This is a great recognition for the research, development and communication of atmospheric science that we make of my group and of my institution ".

And he stressed: "I hope this will serve to make visible the atmospheric science research that we are conducting in Argentina".

The Cleveland Abbe Award was named in honor of the American meteorologist who ushered in the first public service of this science in his country, which will later become the National Weather Service, where he was director for 45 years.

Vera, 57, was born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, a small town of about 165,000 on the banks of Paraná in the north of the province of Buenos Aires. He is a descendant of Mocovíes, Swiss, French, Basques and Creoles, and the eldest of five brothers. Today, he attributes his interest in meteorology to intimate early contact with the nature that he has experienced in this region exposed to violent storms.

She is a doctor of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), a specialist in atmospheric science, a senior lecturer in the department of marine and ocean sciences and senior researcher at the Center for Research on the Sea and Water. (CIMA) / Conicet- UBA and "Instituto franco-argentinale para l 'estudie de la calidad et das impacts" (Ifaeci), CNRS-Conicet-UBA's international joint unit. Between 2006 and 2010, he was vice-dean of his faculty.

His areas of research focus on climate variability and climate change in the southern hemisphere and its influences in South America. He has published extensively in international journals, directs undergraduate and doctoral students, and is actively involved in international science programs and projects.

She is currently Vice Chair of Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She has also served as Chair of the "Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography Committee" of the "American Meteorological Society" and a member of the Scientific Committee for International Scientific Coordination Programs such as "Global Research Program". (WCRP) "," CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security "," Future Earth "and" The Inter-American Institute for Global Change (IAI) ".

His studies have helped to understand regional climate variability and apply this knowledge to meteorological services in the region. She is also a co-author of Chapter 3 of this agency's special report on extreme events, one of the most cited publications on the subject. With Professor Vicente Barros, he coordinated the badessment of current and future climate change in Argentina as part of the third national communication to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change.

In these specific moments, he is in the Swiss capital to discuss letter by letter with his colleagues and policymakers around the world about a new IPCC report, released tomorrow by this city, on how climate change is affecting climate change. the degradation of the environment. the soil and how to deal with the dilemma of producing food for humanity without causing irreversible damage to our planet.