Biography Born in São Paulo, Nobre returned to Brazil after receiving a Ph.D. in Meteorology and studying Dynamic Meteorology of the Tropical Region for a couple of years ,Today a senior scientist at INPA , but would visit abroad other times in research seasons , as in 1988, when he began studies, as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland, which would be recognized as pioneers in the analysis of the impacts of deforestation on the climate, in addition to postulate for the first time the possibility of the Amazon becoming a savannah as a result of global warming,Nobre, C. A., & Borma, L. D. S. (2009). ‘Tipping points’ for the Amazon forest. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 1(1), 28-36. with potential mass extinction at the regional level.Pesquero, J. F., Chou, S. C., Nobre, C. A., & Marengo, J. A. (2010). Climate downscaling over South America for 1961–1970 using the Eta Model. Theoretical and applied climatology, 99(1-2), 75-93. He has worked in the coordination of large scientific projects in the Amazon,Oyama, M. D., & Nobre, C. A. (2004). Climatic consequences of a large-scale desertification in northeast Brazil: A GCM simulation study. Journal of Climate, 17(16), 3203-3213. highlighting the Anglo-Brazilian Experiment of Amazon Climate Observations (ABRACOS), from 1990 to 1996, and the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon (LBA), from 1993 to 2000. Research and contributions Among his many official duties, he served as head of the Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies and the Center for Terrestrial System Science of INPE, head of the Secretariat for Research and Development Policies and Programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation, director of the National Institute of Science and Technology for Climate Change, Chairman of the Board and Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change, Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Global Climate Change Research Network, Head of the Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, High Scientific Advisor to the Panel on Global Sustainability of the UN and member of the Scientific Council of the UN General Secretariat. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries and senior fellow of the Brazilian division of the World Resources Institute.
Biography Born in São Paulo, Nobre returned to Brazil after receiving a Ph.D. in Meteorology and studying Dynamic Meteorology of the Tropical Region for a couple of years . Today he is a senior scientist at INPA but would visit abroad other times in research seasons . In 1988, when he began studies, as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland, which would be recognized as pioneers in the analysis of the impacts of deforestation on the climate, in addition to postulate for the first time the possibility of the Amazon becoming a savannah as a result of global warming,Nobre, C. A., & Borma, L. D. S. (2009). ‘Tipping points’ for the Amazon forest. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 1(1), 28-36. with potential mass extinction at the regional level.Pesquero, J. F., Chou, S. C., Nobre, C. A., & Marengo, J. A. (2010). Climate downscaling over South America for 1961–1970 using the Eta Model. Theoretical and applied climatology, 99(1-2), 75-93. He has worked in the coordination of large scientific projects in the Amazon,Oyama, M. D., & Nobre, C. A. (2004). Climatic consequences of a large-scale desertification in northeast Brazil: A GCM simulation study. Journal of Climate, 17(16), 3203-3213. highlighting the Anglo-Brazilian Experiment of Amazon Climate Observations (ABRACOS), from 1990 to 1996, and the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon (LBA), from 1993 to 2000. Research and contributions Among his many official duties, he served as Head of the Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies , the Center for Terrestrial System Science of INPE, Head of the Secretariat for Research and Development Policies and Programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation, Director of the National Institute of Science and Technology for Climate Change, Chairman of the Board and Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change, Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Global Climate Change Research Network, Head of the Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, High Scientific Advisor to the Panel on Global Sustainability of the UN , and a member of the Scientific Council of the UN General Secretariat. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries and senior fellow of the Brazilian division of the World Resources Institute.
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