Gordon McBean

Professor, University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario Professor Gordon McBean is a scientific leader on climate change, disaster risk reduction and environmental issues. He serves on a number of climate committees, including his role as chairman of the boards of the Canadian Climate Forum and the Ontario Climate Consortium to foster climate, extreme weather and air quality science and policy dialogue. For his national and international leadership he has been awarded the Orders of Canada and Ontario, elected the President of the International Council for Science and shared in the Nobel Peace Prize, among other recognitions.