Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
Vice-Chair
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele has a Ph. D. in physics from the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, where he is extraordinary professor of climatology and environmental sciences, and directs the Master programme in Science and Management of the Environment. He also chairs the Energy & Climate Working Group of the Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development.

Since 2002, Professor van Ypersele is a member of the Bureau of the IPCC and in 2008 was elected Vice-Chair. In 2009, he was elected a Member of the Belgian Royal Academy. He has participated to a number of United Nations conferences on climate issues, as scientific advisor.

Among other prizes, he received in 2006 the Energy and Environment Award from the International Polar Foundation, and the Francqui Chair of the Université libre de Bruxelles in 2007-2008.