Katherine Richardson Christensen

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Katherine Richardson (2009)

Katherine Richardson Christensen (born in Chicago, USA)[1] is Professor in Biological Oceanography,[1] leader of the Sustainability Science Centre and a principle investigator for the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at the University of Copenhagen. She was the vice dean of the Faculty of Science from 2007-2012. Her research focuses on the importance of biological processes in the ocean for the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere and how ocean biology, including diversity, contributes to ocean function in the Earth System.

Katherine was one of the main organisers of the scientific conference "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions",[2] which sought to inform the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

She completed a B.A. at Harvard University in 1976 and completed a Ph.d in Marine Science from University of North Wales, U.K. 1980.[1]

Katherine Richardson was Chairman of the Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy that reported in 2010 and presented a roadmap for how Denmark can become independent of fossil fuels by 2050. She is at present a member of the Danish Climate Council and was a member of the 15 person Independent Group of Scientists appointed by Ban Ki Moon to draft the 2019 UN Global Sustainable Development Report.[3] She is Co-Editor in Chief of the Marine Ecology Progress Series and a member of the editorial board for Global Sustainability. Authorship of books includes Our Threatened Oceans (2008)[4] with Stefan Rahmstorf and Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions (2014)[5] together with Will Steffen, Diana Liverman and others. She is or has been a member or chair of numerous national and international committees and organisations relating to science policy and/or sustainability. She is currently co-chair of the Northern European Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)[2].

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Katherine Richardson Christensen". Copenhagen University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  2. ^ Adam, David (9 February 2009). "Scientists plan emergency summit on climate change". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  3. ^ "GSDR 2019 .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform". sustainabledevelopment.un.org. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  4. ^ "Our Threatened Oceans - by Stefan Rahmstorf und Katherine Richardson". www.pik-potsdam.de. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  5. ^ Richardson, Katherine; Steffen, Will; Liverman, Diana, eds. (2011). Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19836-3.


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