Corinne Le Quéré

Marie Corinne Lyne Le Quéré CBE FRS (born July 1966) is a French-Canadian scientist. She is Professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at the University of East Anglia and former Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. She is the chair of the French High Council on Climate

Corinne Le Quéré

CBE FRS
Corinne Le Quéré, in 2016
BornJuly 1966 (1966-07) (age 54)
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsClimatology
InstitutionsUniversity of East Anglia
Websitetyndall.ac.uk/people/corinne-le-quere

Education

Le Quéré received her B.Sc. in physics from University of Montreal, an M.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in oceanography from University of Paris VI.[1]

Career and research

She was co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) from 2009 until 2013. [2] Since 2014 she has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Future Earth platform for sustainability research.[3] Within the GCP, she initiated and directs the annual publication of the Global Carbon Budget.[4][5][1]

Honours and awards

Le Quéré was awarded the Claude Berthault award from the French Academy of Sciences in 2012, [6] the first Copernicus medal of the Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. in 2013/2014,[7] and was the annual Bolin lecturer in Stockholm University in 2014.[8]

In 2015, she received a Blaise Pascal Medal for Earth and Environmental Sciences from the European Academy of Sciences.[9]

In 2016, Le Quéré was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society[10]

In 2016, she was also listed among the 20 "women making waves in the climate change debate" on the Road to Paris.[11]

Le Quéré was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to climate change science.[12]

In 2019, she also won the Prince Albert I Medal[13] and was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[14]

In 2020, she received the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences for her interdisciplinary research on the interactions between climate change and the carbon cycle.[15]

References
  1. "Corinne Le Quere Biography". Tyndall.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  2. "GCP : Global Carbon Project : Homepage". Global Carbon Project. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  3. "Home". Future Earth. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  4. "Carbon Budget". Globalcarbonproject.org. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  5. IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, for which Dr. Le Quéré is a lead author.
  6. "Prix de Mme Claude Berthault: Lauréat d'année 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  7. "Copernicus e.V. - Medal". Copernicus-gesellschaft.org. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  8. "Science Forum with Prof. Corinne Le Quéré, Bolin Climate Lecturer 2014 - Faculty of Science". Science.su.se. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  9. "The Blaise Pascal Medals 2015". Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  10. "Corinne Le Quéré". Royal Society. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  11. "20 women making waves in the climate change debate - Road to Paris - ICSU". Roadtoparis.info. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  12. "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B9.
  13. Prince Albert I Medal
  14. "Loi n° PRER1910335D du 13 juillet 2019 portant promotion et nomination", Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French), 14 July 2019
  15. "UEA professor wins international environmental sciences prize for climate change research". University of East Anglia. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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