Autor: Thomas J. Wilbanks

Thomas J. Wilbanks is a Corporate Research Fellow at ORNL and leads Global Change and Developing Country Programs at the Laboratory. The programs that he coordinates have undertaken more than 60 projects in 40 developing countries in the past two decades. Mof these projects are directly concerned with science and technology for sustainability, including enhancing local capacities for S&T innovation and application. In recyears, he has been involved in such activities as the USAID climate change initiative, the NASA-supported Association of American Geographers (AAG) project on Global Change in Local Places, the U.S. National Assessmof Possible Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, and IPCC Working Group II. He is a past Presidof the AAG and has served on numerous committees of NAS/NRC, including currmembership in its committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change. Curractivities include the developmof tools to facilitate an integrated analysis of climate change impact response alternatives, assessments of climate change vulnerability and responses in developing countries, and potentials for accelerating clean energy technology use in developing countries.Dan Bilello manages partnership developmfor the National Renewable Energy Laboratory” s (NREL) Strategic Energy Analysis Center. He works primarily on issues related to global climate change and renewable energy, including low emission developmstrategies, market-based approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and climate vulnerabilities in the energy sector. Prior to joining NREL, Dan worked in the private sector as well as the U.S. Governmat the Departmof State, the National Economic Council, and the Environmental Protection Agency during which he served on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations. Dan holds a Master” s Degree in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.