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Carlos Nobre

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National Secretary for R&D Policies at the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation of Brazil

Carlos Nobre is one of Brazil's best known climate scientists. He was the Director of the Center for Earth System Science and Senior Scientist at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) of Brazil, Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change (Rede CLIMA), Scientific Director of the National Institute for Climate Change Research. Nobre's work focused on the Amazon and its impacts on the Earth system. He chaired the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), an international research initiative designed to create the new knowledge needed to understand the climatological, ecological, bio-geochemical, and hydrological functioning of Amazonia, the impact of land use change on these functions, and the interactions between Amazonia and the Earth system. He is also a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a well-known public figure who has been advocating new ways of reducing deforestation by focusing on the value of forest products, led by developing nations like Brazil and India. He is currently National Secretary for R&D Policies at the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation of Brazil.