De Leden   |   Pavel Kabat

The current position of Prof.dr. P. Kabat (1958) is Full Professor and Chair Holder Earth System Science and Climate, Chair Board of the Wageningen Climate Centre (CCB); Science Director and Council Chair, Dutch National Climate Research Programme.

Expertise:

  • Land atmosphere interactions and (terrestrial) biogeochemical feedbacks (measurements and modelling)
  • Climate hydrology and water cycle
  • Climate and water resources
  • Climate system and climate change
  • Global change

Scientific positions:

  • Elected Member of the Royal Meteorological Society, London, UK (since 1994)
  • Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and of the European Geophysical Union (EGU)
  • Member of the Dutch Global Change Committee of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory and Review Board of the Finish Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory and Review Board of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Member Science Evaluation Panel, European Research Council (ERC), since 2006
  • Chairman, International Scientific Steering Committee of the IGBP BAHC programme (till 2003)1
  • Chairman, Board of the Wageningen Climate Centre (CCB Wageningen UR)
  • Science Director and Council Chair, Dutch National Climate Research Programme (since 2004)

Other relevant positions:

  • Science Director, International Dialogue on Water and Climate and International Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate (UNESCO/WMO/WWC)
  • Science Advisor and delegation member (national and EU) UNFCC COP meetings
  • Science Advisor and delegation member (national and EU) at WSSD 2002, and World Water Forums in Kyoto (2003) and in Mexico (2006)
  • Member and Chair of numerous Advisory Panels to the Dutch Government (central, provinces, water boards) on climate, water and environment issues and related policies
  • Member Advisory Group on Climate to the Dutch Parliament
  • Member of several Reflection and Advisory Groups to NGO sector (IUCN, Red Cross, WWF)
  • Member of several Reflection and Advisory groups to private sector (Munich Re, Swiss Re, Peugeot Citroen, Shell, Rabobank, engineering companies)