Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment Chapters and Authors
The authors that have contributed to the Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment.
Co-Chairs (in alphabetical order)
Stephanie Aktipis, Department of State (USA)
John Bradford, Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, US Geological Survey (USA)
Isabelle Côté, Simon Fraser University (CAN)
Ernesto Enkerlin, Organización Vida Silvestre, A.C (OVIS) (Mexico)
Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan (USA)
Kyle Whyte, University of Michigan (USA)
Assessment Authors
Chapter 1: Introduction
Context-Setting, Background, Statement of Purpose, Overview. The chapter will also introduce the assessment frameworks, and terminology or typologies that are used across chapters.
Coordinating Lead Authors
Stephen Jackson, US Geological Survey (Emeritus), University of Wyoming (Emeritus), University of Arizona (Adjunct) (USA)
Maureen Reed, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Andrew Rhodes Espinoza, Innovaciones Alumbra (Mexico)
Lead Author (Fellow)
Jasmine Brown, Michigan State University (USA)
Chapter 2: Laws and policy documents relevant to biodiversity, climate change, or both (national to global)
The current major national laws and policy documents governing biodiversity and any policies that involve climate change that might affect implementation and enforcement of these biodiversity policies and laws.
Chapter 2a: Canada
Coordinating Lead Authors
Stephanie Cairns, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (Canada)
Maxine Westhead, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Lead Authors
Cindy Chu, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (Canada)
Shaun Fluker, University of Calgary (Canada)
Christopher Lemieux, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)
Risa Smith, International Union for Conservation of Nature (Canada)
David Vanderzwaag, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Chapter 2b: USA
Coordinating Lead Authors
Holly Doremus, University of California (USA)
Monte Mills, University of Washington (USA)
Chapter 2c: Mexico
Coordinating Lead Authors
Anaid Velasco Ramírez, The Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC) (Mexico)
María Zorrilla Ramos, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México (Mexico)
Chapter 2d: Transboundary/International
Coordinating Lead Authors
Marco Antonio Heredia Fragoso, Natural Resources Canada (Canada/Mexico)
Lead Authors
María Amparo Martínez Arroyo, Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático (INECC) (Mexico)
Alexandra Mallett, Carleton University (Canada)
Ken Markowitz, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (USA)
Felipe Adrian Vazquez-Galvez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)
Chapter 3: Direct effects of climate change on biodiversity
Ongoing and future global changes (climate change) that affect biodiversity.
Coordinating Lead Authors
Amanda Bates, University of Victoria (CAN)
Katharine Suding, University of Colorado (Boulder) (USA)
Lead Authors
Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) (Mexico)
Nick Haddad, Michigan State University (USA)
Brian McGill, University of Maine (USA)
Alejandra Moreno-Letelier, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico)
Cascade Sorte, University of California (Irvine) (USA)
Diane Srivastava, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Celia Symons, University of California (Irvine) (USA)
Racine Rangel, University of California (Santa Cruz) (USA)
Chapter 4: Interactions of climate change with other drivers of biodiversity change
Climate change interactions with other direct drivers of change to influence biodiversity.
Coordinating Lead Authors
Emily Bernhardt, Duke University (USA)
William Cheung, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Miguel Equihua Zamora, Instituto de Ecología, AC (INECOL) (Mexico)
Lead Authors
Mark Anderson, The Nature Conservancy (USA)
Andres Cisneros-Montemayor, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Matthew Hauer, Florida State University (USA)
Tiff-Annie Kenny, Université Laval (Canada)
Simoneta Negrete Yankelevich, Instituto de Ecología, AC (INECOL) (Mexico)
Marcelo Rojas Oropeza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico)
Dean Urban, Duke University (USA)
Lead Author (Fellow)
Sam Reed, University of Minnesota (USA)
Chapter 5: Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity change for ecosystem services and other contributions of nature to people
The impact of biodiversity on the delivery of ecosystem services and other contributions of nature to people and how climate-driven biodiversity change (both direct and indirect) affect ecosystem services and other contributions of nature to people.
Coordinating Lead Authors
Anne Guerry, Stanford University (USA)
Eric Lonsdorf, Emory University (USA)
Lead Authors
Leah Bremer, University of Hawaiʻi (USA)
Emily Burchfield, Emory University (USA)
Rachelle Gould, University of Vermont (USA)
Katie Kamelamela, Arizona State University (USA)
Pierre Mokondoko, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico)
Gerald Singh, University of Victoria (Canada)
Adrian Vogl, Stanford University (USA)
Chapter 6: Interactions among climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and biodiversity conservation
Climate mitigation efforts and their impacts on biodiversity and associated ecosystem services; reciprocally, biodiversity conservation actions and ecosystem management impacting climate change, mitigation and adaptation.
Coordinating Lead Authors
Cecilia Conde, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Liette Vasseur, Brock University (Canada)
Lead Authors
Mohammad Aminur Rahman Shah, University of Prince Edward Island (Canada)
Alejandro Ismael Monterroso, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (Mexico)
Paola Massyel García Meneses, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Mariah Meek, Michigan State University (USA)
Patricia Ruiz García, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Brennan Vogel, Huron University (Canada)
Janna Wale, Canadian Climate Institute (Canada)
Chapter 7: Biodiversity, people’s values and nature’s contributions to people (NCP) in an international context
Climate change impacts on biodiversity across international borders among Canada, the US, and Mexico
Coordinating Lead Authors
Becky Chaplin-Kramer, World Wildlife Fund (USA)
Laura Dee, University of Colorado (Boulder) (USA)
Enrique Martinez-Meyer, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Lead Authors
Bernardo Adolfo Bastien Olvera, University of California San Diego (Mexico)
Elena Bennett, McGill University (Canada)
Marc Conte, Fordham University (USA)
David González-Jiménez, Global Resilience Partnership (Mexico)
Aerin Jacob, Nature Conservancy of Canada (Canada)
Mari-Vaughn Johnson, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI CASC), USGS (USA)
Daniel Okamoto, University of California (Berkeley) (USA)
Samuel Temidayo Osinubi, Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (Canada)
Lead Author (Fellow)
Anna LoPresti, University of Colorado (Boulder) (USA)
Colleen Miller, University of Minnesota (USA)
Chapter 8: Policy options and solutions in a complex and changing environment
The existing resource-management practices and strategies for biodiversity conservation under a changing climate and opportunities for increasing effectiveness.
Chapter 8
Coordinating Lead Authors
James Arnott, Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) (USA)
Christine Kirchhoff, Penn State University (USA)
Lead Authors
Millie Chapman, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) (USA)
Leah Gerber, Arizona State University (USA)
David M. Iwaniec, Arizona State University (USA)
Pat Keys, Colorado State University (USA)
Francisco Lara-Valencia, Arizona State University, (USA/Mexico)
Andrea Olive, University of Toronto (Canada)
Lauren Redmore, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture (USA)
Stephanie Roe, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (USA)
Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek, South Dakota State University (USA)
Chapter 8a: Canada
Coordinating Lead Authors
Eric Higgs, University of Victoria (Canada)
Shawn Marshall, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) (Canada)
Paul Snelgrove, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)
Lead Authors
Philippe Archambault, Université Laval (Canada)
Natalie Ban, University of Victoria (Canada)
Rachel Buxton, Carleton University (Canada)
Cherisse Du Preez, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (Canada)
Catherine Febria, University of Windsor (Canada)
Deborah McGregor - York University (Canada)
Stephen Murphy, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Mary O’Connor, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Jake Rice, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) (Canada)
Carly Ziter, Concordia University (Canada)
Chapter 8b: USA
Coordinating Lead Authors
Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC), USGS (USA)
Leona Svancara, Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (NW CASC), USGS (USA)
Lead Authors
Logan Benedict, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (USA)
Janet Cushing, Department of the Interior (USA)
Dominick DellaSala, Wild Heritage (USA)
Jason Goldberg, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USA)
Roger B. Griffis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
Laurel James, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (USA)
Helen Neville, Trout Unlimited (USA)
Amanda Sesser, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USA)
Valerie Stein Foster, US Department of Agriculture (USA)
Chapter 8c: Mexico
Coordinating Lead Authors
Diana Ponce Nava, Independent Consultant (Mexico)
Lead Authors
Hernando Cabral Perdomo, Independent Consultant (Mexico)
Sofia Cortina Segovia, Independent Consultant (Mexico)
Angélica Flores Godínez, Independent Consultant (Mexico)
Roberto Muñoz Cruz, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México (Mexico)
Ivet Reyes Maturano, Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) (Mexico)
Chapter 8d: Transboundary/International
Coordinating Lead Authors
Gwen Bridge, Gwen Bridge Consulting (Canada)
Monica Dean, University of Southern California (USA)
Lead Authors
Sibyl Diver, Stanford University (USA)
Meade Krosby, University of Washington (USA)
Angeles Mendoza Sammat, Institute for Water Education (Canada)
Stephen Mumme, Colorado State University (USA)
Andrew Seidl Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University (USA)
Rayanna Seymour-Hourie, West Coast Environmental Law (Canada)
Victoria Watson, Ecojustice (Canada)
Lead Author (Fellow)
Leora Gansworth, York University (Canada)
Chapter 9: Synthesis, Knowledge Gaps, and Outlook
This chapter will examine key knowledge gaps and opportunities, discuss research agendas and the near-term outlook on the state of biodiversity and climate change.
Coordinating Lead Authors
Exequiel Ezcurra, University of California, Riverside (MX/USA)
Jessica Hellmann, University of Minnesota (USA)
Diana Liverman, University of Arizona (USA)
Lead Authors
Kyle Bobiwash, University of Manitoba (Canada)
Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University (USA)
Debora Ley, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (Mexico)
Richard Moss, Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland (USA)