World Meteorological Organization

Flavio Barbosa Justino

Prof. Justino holds a Bachelor's degree in meteorology from the Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil (1996), masters in Oceanography (physical oceanography) from the University of São Paulo (2000), and PhD in meteorology by the Leibniz-Institute of Marine Research (2004) in Germany, and a pos-doctor fellow in atmospheric sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada. In 2015 -2016 joined the Byrd Polar Climate and Research Center at The Ohio State University in a sabbatical leave. He has experience in the field of Geosciences, emphasis in meteorology, working mainly on the following themes: Ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate changes (past, present and future), climate extremes and agricultural aspects and food security related to climate. In 2002, won the award for best work as junior scientist from Helmholtz's Foundation in Germany. He became Simon associate at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Trieste in Italy (ICTP/UNESCO).  

As professor at the University Federal of Viçosa (Brazil) , since 2006, Prof. Justino has supervised 21 Master Students and 22 PhD students. In collaboration with international colleagues has published 81 articles most of them in peer-reviewed journals. 

Cathleen Fruehauf 

Dr. Cathleen Frühauf holds a diploma in meteorology from the Humboldt University in Berlin and a doctorate in natural sciences from the Technical University of Dresden. The topic of her doctoral thesis was the determination of the evaporation from a coniferous forest by use of various methods from the domains of micrometeorology, hydrology and forest science. From 1998-2002 she helped set up and looked after the FACE system (FACE – free air carbon dioxid enrichment) in Brunswick at the Federal Research Center for Agriculture. In 2002 she moved to the Agrometeorological Department of the German Weather Service DWD and initially worked in the field of viticulture research. Since 2009 she has been employed at the Center for Agrometeorological Research in Brunswick. Her work focuses on the water balance of agricultural crops and the effects of climate change on agriculture. Dr. Cathleen Frühauf has about 30 years of experience in research in agro-meteorology and has worked in various CAgM expert teams at the WMO's since 2010.

David Cobon

David Cobon has extensive experience in pastures, livestock and climate related RD&E in Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China and Papua New Guinea. David works at the interface of climate science and agricultural decision making specialising in providing agricultural producers with the skills and tools to better manage climate variability and extremes, particularly drought. He leads large projects that involve collaboration and partnerships with national (Bureau of Meteorology, Meat and Livestock Australia, State Government agencies) and international organisations (National Drought Mitigation Centre Nebraska, UK Met Office, International Research Institute, Integrated Drought Management Program, National Integrated Drought Information System Boulder Colorado).

David is a major contributor to the direction and achievements of the Queensland Drought Mitigation Centre and the Drought and Climate Adaptation Program (Queensland) and has a keen interest in early warning and planning for droughts (and floods), the application of seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture, development and use of decision tools to improve management of climate variability, integrated climate, pasture and herd modelling, and improving farmer decision making through better understanding and management of climate risk in developing countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Pacific Islands and SE Asia).

Shiv Attri 

Dr. Shiv Dev  Attri is presently Additional Director General of Meteorology (SG), India Meteorological Department,   Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, New Delhi. He has been a Member of Commission for Atmospheric Sciences Management Group of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva Switzerland, and  Expert Member of  Task forces of the Global Framework for Climate Services of the WMO, United Nations. He is presently Member of the Standing Committee on Services to Agriculture – Expert Team on Agromet Risk Management of SERCOM of WMO and Primary Contact of Global Atmosphere Watch of WMO   in the country. He is engaged in management and supervision of meteorological observations and services related to  Agrometeorology, Climate Change, and extremes,  Urban  Meteorology, Information System & Knowledge Resource, Legal and  International activities including WMO  Meetings like Congress, EC, RA-II, SERCOM, etc.

He has been felicitated and awarded Commendation Certificate by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, in November 2007 for his contribution to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  which is the Joint Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize  2007. He has been bestowed upon “ Best IMD Officer” in 2010 and  “Pride of University” in 2018 by GJ University of Science and Technology.  He has published more than 100 research papers, Met. Monograph, books, reports in national and international journals and presently is Executive Editor of International Journal –Mausam and  Referee of many National and International Journals. 

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera holds a doctoral degree in Agricultural Engineering and a professional certification in Civil Engineering. Currently, he is a Full Professor of Water Resources at the Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile, and a Principal Investigator of the Water & Agriculture research cluster at the Water Resouces Research Center for Agriculture and Mining. His research explores how water interacts with the environment, infrastructure, society, and public policy. Diego has contributed to conceptual tools and field techniques, following a multidisciplinary path. His goal is to provide sound science-based analyses that support more sustainable use of natural resources and a healthy relationship with the environment. In addition, he actively participates in forums and working groups as a climate change expert, serving on high-level national committees and advising government agencies. 

Shanea Young

Shanea Latoya Young was born in Belize on 30th April 1989. She attended the University of West Indies, Barbados where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology with a minor in Earth Science (2015). Ms. Young later attended the University of Reading (England) where she received her Master’s in Applied Meteorology (2016). In 2015, she was the recipient of a regional scholarship by the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). 

Ms. Young has over 12 years of professional experience in the field of meteorology. She has been a meteorologist since 2015 and is currently the Head of the Agro-Climatic Section at the National Meteorological Service of Belize (NMS) of the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction.  She is Belize’s first female agrometeorologist and is the principal officer for the NMS in providing climate services to stakeholders of the climate-sensitive sectors of Belize and agrometeorological services across the agricultural value chain in both public and private sectors. 

Shanea is Belize’s principal delegate to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and has been the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Belize Ambassador (2018). She is also the author of the “Evaluation of Belize’s Current Climate Services and its Impact on the Agricultural Sector” and co-authored the article “EUREC4A” in Earth System Science Data and “Advancing Drought Risk Management in the Caribbean: A Multi-sectoral Perspective” in The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021. 
 

 Pete Falloon 

Dr Pete Falloon leads the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme’s Climate Service for Defra on Food, Farming and Natural Environment. Pete has over 25 years experience in modelling environmental systems, particularly the impacts of climate and land use change on agriculture, water, and soils. Pete has been at the Met Office Hadley Centre since 2004 and led the Climate Impacts Modelling team from 2009-2019 and was the Met Office Science Directorate’s Change Manager from 2020-2023. He is author to the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) and a member of the Global Food Security Programme’s Programme Coordination Group board supported the UK government in the IPCC Working Group 2 approval phase as part of the UK delegation. 

He has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science of the Earth and Atmosphere from the University of Reading and worked on modelling pesticide fate in riverine systems during     an MSc (Research) and part-time lectureship the University of Greenwich. Pete moved to Rothamsted Research in 1996, where he worked on modelling soil, climate and     vegetation   interactions for 8 years and was awarded a PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2001. 

He has written numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on soil carbon dynamics, land use change and the impacts of climate change, and given many invited and offered presentations both in the UK and internationally, and worked for, and led science teams delivering to a wide range of government, industry and research customers. 

Pete is also Sustainability Director at Food Drink Devon CIC, which exists to promote quality, provenance and sustainability in Devon produce. 

Djergo Gaya 

Veska Georgieva

Ramiro Romero

Ramiro holds a degree in Physics and Meteorology from the Complutense University in Madrid. Currently, he is the head of the Agricultural and Hydrological Applications Service at AEMET (Spain). He has experience in the development of tools and techniques for operational climatology related to Water Balance and the calculation of the SPI Drought Index, as well as the development, maintenance, and calibration of the Fire Weather Index and the management of the phenological network of AEMET. He has participated in several international projects related to Agrometeorology such as the LIFE SigAgroAsesor project (Advanced GIS tools for personalized advice for the sustainable management of extensive crops) between 2013 and 2016 and its continuation in the LIFE Agrogestor project (Collective Management of information from crops. Management of environmental programs) from 2017 to the present. Since 2017 he has been a teacher and coordinator of several training courses in collaboration with AECID and WMO and has attended as AEMET Delegate at the 17th Session of the Agricultural Meteorology Commission of the World Meteorological Organization in South Korea.