U.K. Climate Scientist Robert Watson Named to Receive 2007 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award

The 2007 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award goes to climate scientist Robert Watson, chair of environmental science and science director of the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, U.K. Watson was cited for his outstanding contributions toward promoting international scientific cooperation in scientific research, communication, and training, and his work on environmental and sustainable development. Watson also holds the position of chief scientific adviser to the United Kingdom's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

"Dr. Robert Watson has been for a decade the world's foremost promoter of international scientific cooperation," wrote John A. Daly, a consultant on issues of technology and science for developing countries, who nominated Watson for the AAAS award. "His efforts chairing panels of thousands of scientists who described and documented our current environmental crisis have been unparalleled and have contributed greatly to the consensus on the nature on that crisis."

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