UNEP Champion of the Earth 2013, Veerabhadran Ramanathan
588 views · Published 19 September 2013 · 2:24 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: UN Environment Programme · 2013 · Science & Technology
Veerabhadran Ramanathan is an atmospheric scientist whose landmark research showed that cutting emissions of 'black carbon' or soot can significantly lessen the impacts of climate change, improve the health of millions of rural poor, and avoid crop losses As Distinguished Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego and UNESCO Professor of Climate & Policy, TERI University, New Delhi, India -- Veerabhadran Ramanathan co-led an international research team that in 1997 first discovered the climate impact in Asia of widespread air pollution, known as the atmospheric brown cloud (ABC).
