Ms. Opha Pauline Dube
Associate Professor, University of Botswana
Associate Professor, University of Botswana; PhD, University of Queensland, Australia (2000). A global environmental change scientist with many years teaching and supervising students while working with national -regional - international research groups focusing on integrating social and biophysical aspects of the environment in particular: applications of Remote Sensing, land degradation and wildfires, energy and environment, climate change and integrated environmental resources management. Served as Co-Vice Chair (2010-2015)- International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP), while leading a synthesis on “Global Environmental Change - LDCs and SIDS in Asia Pacific ”. Served in the IPCC Working Group II assessment since the 3rd report, and was Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC special reports: Extreme Events (SREX) and Global warming of 1.5°C (IPCC SR1.5) and currently Review Editor, IPCC WGII AR6, Chapter 5 on Food, fiber, and other ecosystem products. Served as Deputy Chair of Botswana National Climate Change Committee (2017-2019). Currently serving as Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Climate Research for Development in Africa (CR4D)-UNECA; Vice-Chair of the WMO Scientific Advisory Panel; and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Journal.