“Father Jett,” Member of the 2007 Nobel-Prize-Winning Climate Panel, Defines a Path to Addressing Climate Change
Speaking April 6 on 鈥淥vercoming Insularity, 鈥 the president of Manila鈥檚 Ateneo de Manila University will elaborate on Pope Francis鈥 call for interrelated responses to climate change
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 1, 2016 鈥揚ope Francis鈥 call to 鈥渃are for our common home鈥 resonates differently depending upon where people live. For people living in more ecologically vulnerable parts of the world, such as the islands that compose the Philippines, it can define a path to survival.
Jose Ramon 鈥淛ett鈥 Villarin, S.J., president of Ateneo de Manila University and one of the scientists who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 along with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, will be at SA国际传媒 April 6 to discuss pathways of hope that he sees, for those who seek to care for our common home.
His talk will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Saint Clare Room of SA国际传媒鈥檚 Harrington Learning Commons. It is part of a series of SA国际传媒 Lectures funded through the generosity of the Bannan Institute of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education at SA国际传媒.
He was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 2000, he was declared National Outstanding Young Scientist and in 2002, his book Disturbing Climate was given an Outstanding Book Award by the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines. He also writes a column (鈥淕od鈥檚 Word Today鈥) with other Jesuits for the Philippine Star newspaper and has written a book of homilies entitled Startle.
The Manila-born Villarin, known as Fr. Jett, received his doctorate in atmospheric sciences from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia), where he worked on urban air quality and the global atmospheric circulation -- spurring his ongoing passion for the issue of global warming. He received his master鈥檚 degree in physics from Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
He is currently the chairperson of the Manila Observatory, a scientific research institute, and a member of the National Panel of Technical Experts of the Philippine government鈥檚 Climate Change Commission.
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Jose Ramon "Jett" Vaillarin, S.J., was on the panel of climate scientists that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, along with former U.S. VP Al Gore. He will be speaking at SA国际传媒 April 6.