Dr. Bezner Kerr will be Lead Author in upcoming IPCC assessment report.

Rachel has been selected to serve as a lead author in the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. She will contribute to Chapter 17, “Agriculture, food, forestry, fibre and fisheries”, in Working Group II, which considers the impacts, vulnerability and adaptation strategies to climate change. Dr. Bezner Kerr served as Coordinating Lead Author for the previous report, and is honored to be able to provide this public service to this global scientific report that serves as an important interface between scientists, policy makers and the general public.