Mr. Youba Sokona
Special advisor on sustainable development of the South Centre LDC Independent Expert Group, IPCC, South Centre
Dr. Youba Sokona was elected Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in October 2015. Prior to this, Dr Sokona was Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III on the mitigation of climate change for the Fifth Assessment Report after serving as a Lead Author since 1990. He serves as the Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and as Executive Secretary of the Sahara and the Sahel Observatory (OSS). Dr. Sokona is a Member of the Board for the Institute of Development Studies, a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, an Honorary Professor at the University College London (UCL), and a Special Advisor to the African Energy Leaders Group.