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Appendix A: Committee on Operationalizing Sustainable Development: Biographical Information
Appendix A: Committee on Operationalizing Sustainable Development: Biographical Information
Pages 91-96
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in theoretical physics from Caltech in 1971, and prior to 1994 worked at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and the University of Tennessee. He is a past chair of the Forum on Physics and Society and the Committee on International Scientific Affairs of the American Physical Society (APS)
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ERIN BROMAGHIM serves as the Deputy Mayor of International Affairs in the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, focused on bringing global opportunities to Angelenos and connecting Los Angeles to economic and cultural partners around the world. She leads a team with deep expertise on international trade and investment, international relations, educational and cultural exchange, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Professor Nagendra has been a lead author on the Fifth Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is a past Science Committee member of DIVERSITAS and the Global Land Programme. She is an Associate Editor of Global Environmental Change, serves on the advisory board of the World Resources Institute Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities and the European Institute of Technology's Climate Knowledge and Innovation Centre, and engages with international science and policy through her involvement as a steering committee member of the Future Earth Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society and the Future Earth Urban Knowledge Advisory Network.
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He serves on many editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals, including Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Institution of Civil Engineers; Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability; Energy Sector Management; Ecosystem Health and Sustainability; Scientific World Journal; Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions; and the Energy Strategy Reviews.
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Watkins worked for more than 23 years at the World Bank as the World Bank's Science and Technology Program Coordinator and head of the World Bank's Science, Technology and Innovation Global Expert Team. He has extensive on-the-ground experience leading science, technology, and innovation capacity-building programs and projects in Africa, Asia, and various countries in the Former Soviet Union, including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Latvia.
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