CHAIR

Albert Van Jaarsveldasdf
President and CEO
National Research Foundation (NRF)
http://www.nrf.ac.za/


VICE CHAIR

Kevin Noone
Director
Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences (SSEESS)
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
http://forska.vr.se/


MEMBERS

Australia
Dr Andrew Johnson
Group Executive - Environment
CSIRO
http://www.csiro.au/


Austria
Irene Gabriel
Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research
Dept. of Earth System Sciences and Research Education
Cooperation International Affairs
http://bmwf.gv.at/home/


Belgium
Martine Vanderstraeten
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical & Cultural Affairs
Advisor for Scientific Affairs
Belgian Federal Public Planning Service Science Policy
http://www.belspo.be/


Brazil
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
Scientific Director FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation)
http://www.fapesp.br/


Canada
NSERC
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston
Executive Vice President
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/


China (Beijing)
Yucheng Chai
Deputy Director General
Department of Earth Sciences
National Natural Science Foundation of China
http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/Portal0/default124.htm


Spain
Mercedes Pardo Buendía
Professor of Sociology of Climate Change and Sustainable Development
University Carlos III of Madrid
http://www.uc3m.es/


Chinese Taipei
Dr. Chen-Tung Arthur Chen
Hsi-Wan Chair Professor
Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry
National Sun Yat-sen University
http://www.mgac.nsysu.edu.tw/


European Commission
Manuela Soares
Director, Environment Programme
Directorate General Research
European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm


France

National Research Agency
Patrick Monfray
Environment and Biological Resources
Also CNRS Research Director
http://www.agencerecherche.fr

ANR
Jacqueline Lecourtier
Directeur General
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/


Germany
BMBF
Wilfried Kraus
Head of Directorate 72 (Cultural, Earth System and Environmental Research)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
http://www.bmbf.de/en/index.php

DFG
Johannes Karte
Deutche Forschungsgemeinshaft
Programme Director
Physics, Mathematics, Geosciences Division
http://www.dfg.de/

India
Shailesh Nayak
Secretary
Ministry of Earth Sciences
http://dod.nic.in/

Norway
Kirsten Broch Mathisen
Director, Divisjon for energi, ressurser og miljø
Department for the Environment and Marine Resources
http://www.forskningsradet.no/


South Africa
National Research Foundation (NRF)
Albert Van Jaarsveld
President
National Research Foundation
http://www.nrf.ac.za/

Sweden
Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences (SSEESS)
Kevin Noone
Director
http://www.sseess.org/

United Kingdom
Natural Environment Research Council
Duncan Wingham
Chief Executive
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/


United States of America
National Science Foundation
Margaret Cavanaugh
Deputy Assistant Director
Directorate for Geosciences
http://www.nsf.gov/

United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
Thomas Armstrong
Executive Director
Executive Office of the President
http://globalchange.gov/

International Council for Science (ICSU)
Steven Wilson
Executive Director
International Council for Science
http://www.icsu.org/index.php4

International Social Science Council (ISSC)
Heide Hackmann
Secretary General of ISSC
International Social Science Council
http://www.worldsocialscience.org/