A Nobel Prize-winning Dutch chemist who introduced the term “Anthropocene” to describe the era in which human activity significantly influences the planet's climate.

Leader of the climate program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, he works on promoting sustainable energy initiatives, particularly in the US and China.

A Princeton professor emeritus who co-directs the Carbon Mitigation Initiative and developed strategies called "stabilization wedges" to manage climate change.

A physics professor at New York University focused on developing carbonless electricity sources and advocating significant financial investment in energy research.

A biologist specializing in butterflies and moths, he studies the impact of climate change on biodiversity and the potential threat to ecosystems and agriculture.

An Irish physicist who was among the first to document climate change by studying the greenhouse gas effect, which helps make Earth habitable.