Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
Science and International Governance: The Case of Climate Change Research
Lunch provided. If planning to attend, respond to m_derya_honca@harvard.edu by October 12.
Professor Godwin Olu Patrick Obasi, a Nigerian citizen, has been the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization since January 1984. Obasi served the Nigerian Government in several capacities including that of an Adviser to the Federal Government of Nigeria in meteorological research and training. From 1967 to 1976, he was Professor of Meteorology, Chairman of the Department of Meteorology and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. In 1978, he joined the WMO Secretariat as the Director of the Education and Training Department. Before that, he was Vice-President of the WMO Commission for Atmospheric Sciences. He has been associated with various scientific activities at national and international levels, including the West African Monsoon Experiment and the First GARP Global Experiment. As Chairman of the WMO Working Group in Tropical Meteorology in 1965-1967, he was instrumental in the initial planning of the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (1974).
