Myles Allen

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Myles Allen
CBE FRS FInstP
Born
Myles Robert Allen

(1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 58)[1]
Farnham, Surrey, England
EducationBritish School in the Netherlands[1]
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (DPhil)
Known forClimateprediction.net
Spouse
Edward Appleton Medal and Prize (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsClimate change
InstitutionsUnited Nations Environment Programme
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Oxford
ThesisInteractions between the atmosphere and oceans on time scales of weeks to years (1992)
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Myles Robert Allen

CBE FRS FInstP (born 11 August 1965)[1] is an English climate scientist. He is Professor of Geosystem Science in the University of Oxford
's School of Geography and the Environment, and head of the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Department.[2][3]

Education

Allen was educated at the

St. John's College, Oxford.[1]

Career

As well as his position as Professor of Geosystem science at Oxford, he is the Principal Investigator of the

Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.[8]

Allen has worked at the Energy Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] He contributed to the

global climate simulations of the future.[13][14][15][16][17]

Allen also provided the technical expertise for the game Fate of the World, which is "a PC strategy game that simulates the real social and environmental impact of global climate change over the next 200 years".[18] In 2015, he mentioned that carbon capture and storage (CCS) should be made mandatory.[19]

Awards and honours

In 2010, Allen was awarded the

Edward Appleton Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics for "his important contributions to the detection and attribution of human influence on climate and quantifying uncertainty in climate predictions".[20]
Allen was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to climate change attribution and prediction and net-zero.[21] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023.[22]

Personal life

Allen married Irene Tracey in 1994 and has three children.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U254480. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b "Dr Myles Allen - University of Oxford". Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2010. Myles Allen profile at the University of Oxford
  3. ^ The Guardian articles by Allen: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change must keep its eye on the ball; Generals must give us their exit strategy for climate change
  4. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.335863
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  5. S2CID 2547937. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 17 September 2005.
  6. S2CID 56227360. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 9 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Home". Net Zero Climate. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Professor Myles Allen". School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  9. ^ Mitchell, J.F.B.; Karoly, D.J.; Hegerl, G.C.; Zwiers, F.W.; Allen, M.R.; Marengo, J. (2001). "Chapter 12. Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes". IPCC Third Assessment Report. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  10. ^ Summary for Policymakers (PDF), Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), nd, retrieved 8 October 2018, "IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty
  11. Republic of Korea: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    (IPCC). Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  12. ^ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=myles+allen Myles Allen in Google Scholar
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  18. ^ "About Fate of the World". fateoftheworld.net/about. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011.
  19. ^ "Fossil fuel companies 'should be made to invest in carbon capture and storage'". The Guardian. 2 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Appleton medal recipients". Institute of Physics. p. 1. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  21. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
  22. ^ "Myles Allen". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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