IPCC awards scholarship to 12 students to work on climate change, others

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scholarship programme has awarded scholarships to 12 students from developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

The IPCC set up the scholarship programme to provide an opportunity to early career scientists in developing countries to work on climate change-related research which in turn contributes to the pipeline of research to be assessed by the IPCC in future reports.

Selected from over 300 applications received in this Fifth Round of Awards (2019-2021), the 12 students are:

Supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation:

Gabriela COLORADO-RUIZ, Mexico

Afriyane DIAN, Indonesia

Amali, HETTIARACHCHI, Sri Lanka

Yaya IDRISSOU, Benin

Peter KABANO, Uganda

Daniel KORIR, Kenya

Magatte SOW, Senegal

Supported by the Cuomo Foundation:

Ana Carolina AMARILLO, Argentina

Yabin DA, China

Pedro David, FERNANDEZ, Argentina

Dongfeng LI, China

Igor RIBEIRO, Brazil

Each scholarship award is for a maximum of 15,000 Euros per year for up to two years from 2019 to 2021. The Fifth Round of Awards was launched in February 2019.

The students received their certificates from His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and Ms Elena Cuomo during an Award Ceremony held on 19 September 2019 in Monaco.

The IPCC developed its scholarship programme after being jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice-President Al Gore in 2007 for its work in building up and disseminating knowledge about climate change and laying foundations for response options. The IPCC decided to invest the Noble Prize money in post-graduate education for young scientists.

The IPCC scholarship programme is generously supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Cuomo Foundation.