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Maarten van Aalst is the Director General and Chief Science Officer at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) since February 2023, and a Professor of Climate and Disaster Resilience at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente since 2019. As Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Working Group II, Maarten focuses on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, primarily addressing key risks in various sectors and regions. Maarten serves as a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change since March 2022 and has been a Trustee at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) since November 2021. Previous positions include adjoint Senior Research Scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Director at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and honorary Senior Lecturer at the UCL Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy. Maarten holds a PhD in Climate Research from Universiteit Utrecht and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, as well as an MSc in Astrophysics from Utrecht University.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. In the same year, the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC. The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change. It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters. Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC on a voluntary basis. Review is an essential part of the IPCC process, to ensure an objective and complete assessment of current information. IPCC aims to reflect a range of views and expertise. The Secretariat coordinates all the IPCC work and liaises with Governments. It is supported by WMO and UNEP and hosted at WMO headquarters in Geneva.