Valérie Masson-Delmotte

Her professional activity has three main dimensions related to advances in climate sciences: basic scientific research; climate change expertise, to inform climate action; and climate outreach, to strengthen climate literacy.

Functions

  • Senior scientist, CEA, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement / Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (Université Paris Saclay, France)
  • Co-Chair, Working Group I (Physical Science Basis) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the 6th Assessment Cycle (2015-2023)
  • Member of the French national climate change committee (hautconseilclimat.fr) (since 2018)
  • Member of the French national ethics consultative committee (since 2022) and “éthique en commun” (IRD-CIRAD-IFREMER)
CEA Research Director, former co-chair IPCC
Participation in the sessions of the Forum