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Elected in 2001
Jim Salinger has been involved for 30 years in research on past and present climate in New Zealand and the South Pacific, analysis of climate variation of New Zealand and the South Pacific and its impacts, especially on agriculture. He is president of the World Meteorological Organisation's Commission for Agricultural Meteorology. Jim is also a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change third and fourth assessment reports, which have made major assessments of climate change. In terms of science promotion, he has been a very active communicator on the science of climate change, and has brought out national climate summaries regularly for many years, commenting on trends and variations of New Zealand's climate over the months, seasons and years. As well, in the early 1990s Jim designed a science communication strategy for the Royal Society of New Zealand which was then implemented.
In terms of science promotion, he has been a very active communicator on the science of climate change, and has brought out national climate summaries regularly for many years, commenting on trends and variations of New Zealand's climate over the months, seasons and years. As well, in the early 1990s Jim designed a science communication strategy for the Royal Society of New Zealand which was then implemented.
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