Carleton professor John Stone is a co-author of the recent high-profile Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) and is available to speak to the media on the report and its conclusions.
John Stone
Adjunct professor, the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and a co-author of the IPCC report on climate change
Phone: (Office) 613-521-3393, (Mobile) 613-862-3393
Email: john.stone@rogers.com
In 1972, Stone joined the Public Service of Canada assuming increasing responsibilities first in the Ministry of State for Science and Technology, and later in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the National Research Council’s Bureau of International Affairs and finally Environment Canada. He retired in 2005. During the last 15 years of his career, he directed research programs on climate and atmospheric sciences and developed policy on a range of environmental issues.
Stone has had considerable experience in international science and has served Canada through his affiliation with the NATO Science Committee, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, the UN/ECE Senior Advisors on Science and Technology, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Scientific Steering Committee for the START program and as co-chair for the Canada-Germany S&T Agreement. In 1997, he was appointed to the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), specifically as vice-chair of Working Group I, and has since been re-appointed, now as a vice-chair of Working Group II.
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