Mikiko Kainuma
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Japan
Known forclimatology

Mikiko Kainuma (甲斐沼 美紀子) (born 1950) is a Japanese climatologist at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. She is primarily known for her work on climate change and climate policy.[1][2] She is a lead Japanese author on the 4th and 5th IPCC assessment reports.

Career

Kainuma received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in applied mathematics and physics from Kyoto University, Japan.[3] Since 1977, she has worked on air pollution and climate change at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES),[4] where she is currently the Chief of Climate Policy Assessment Research Section. She is a lead author on the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).[5][6][7]

Her projects include the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) and the Integrated Environmental Assessment sub-project of Asia-Pacific Environmental Innovation Project (APEIS).

Main publications

  • R. H. Moss u. a.: The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment. In: Nature. Band 463, Nr. 7282, 2010, S. 747, doi:10.1038/nature08823
  • M. Kainuma, Y. Matsuoka und T. Morita (Hrsg.): Climate policy assessment: Asia-Pacific integrated modeling. Springer Science & Business Media, 2011, ISBN 9784431679790
  • D. P. Van Vuuren u. a.: The representative concentration pathways: an overview. In: Climatic Change. Band 109, Nr. 1–2, 2011, S. 5, doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0148-z

References

  1. ↑ "気温上昇2度と1.5度では大違い 温室効果ガス削減". The Asahi Shimbun. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "この瞬間にも消えてゆく森林 気候変動のツケは私たちに". The Asahi Shimbun. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "CSD-14 Partnerships Fair Speaker Bio" (PDF). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "甲斐沼美紀子 (かいぬま みきこ）". Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Contributors to the IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report". Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Contributors to the IPCC WGIII Fifth Assessment Report" (PDF). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "As IPCC report warns of growing climate change risks, Japan seeks to adapt". The Japan Times. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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