On Thursday, October 12th at 13 CET, the Department of Environmental Science at Stockholm University will host the seminar “Science-Policy Interface in International Environmental Negotiations” with Dr. Svante Bodin. During the seminar, Dr. Bodin will discuss the relationship between science and policy processes in some selected international environmental agreements: the UNFCCC-IPCC, The Montreal Protocol and the UN-ECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) with a focus on how scientific research and assessments are introduced in the negotiating processes. He will also briefly touch upon alternative methods to take the science directly to the political level.

Join in person: Most likely, we will be in Nordenskiöldsalen. Please check the event calendar!

Join via Zoom, no registration is needed: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/my/mattmacleod  

Short bio

Dr. Svante Bodin holds a Ph.D. in Meteorology and became an assistant professor at the University of Stockholm in 1980. He headed research at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) from 1979-84, and from 1984-1989 directed the Swedish National Weather Service. In 1989, Dr. Bodin joined the Swedish Ministry of Environment as head of the division for Climate Change, Marine Issues and Air Pollution, serving on or heading a wide variety of delegations to a broad variety of environmental forums, including the UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol, and Arctic Council. Dr. Bodin retired from government service after COP-15 and joined ICCI in 2010 as European Director.