Description: (Meteorologist)
Bert Bolin, a Swedish meteorologist, made groundbreaking contributions to climate science. He served as the inaugural chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1988 to 1997, significantly influencing global climate policy. Bolin was a professor of meteorology at Stockholm University for almost thirty years, mentoring and educating many students. His commitment to enhancing knowledge about climate change and his leadership in the field have had a profound and enduring effect on environmental science.