Canadian climate change expert elected future President
Gordon McBean, an internationally recognized meteorologist and climate change expert, was named as the future President of the International Council for Science (ICSU) at the conclusion of the 30th ICSU General Assembly in Rome on 30 September. He is set to succeed the current ICSU President, Yuan Tseh Lee, in October 2014, and will be the first Canadian to take up this office.
Prof. McBean currently holds chairs in the Departments of Geography and Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, and is Director of Policy Studies at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction there.
Malegapuru Makgoba, a molecular immunologist from South Africa, was elected Vice-President for Scientific Planning and Review, while Sergio Pastrana, specialist in international cooperation in science from Cuba, becomes Vice-President for External Relations.
- Press Release available here.
