Qin DaheQin Dahe is a well-known glaciologist and climatologist and is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences. Since 2007 he has been Director of State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the former Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration and the former Permanent Representative of China with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Qin Dahe has been involved in research on the cryosphere and global change for decades and he has participated in or led multiple scientific expeditions and relevant studies in the Antarctic, Arctic, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Western China, achieving a large number of innovative research findings. He has made important contributions to the implementation of many international scientific programmes such as the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition. Qin Dahe has promoted climate change studies both nationally and internationally and has made a prominent contribution to the meteorological services in China as well as to international meteorological cooperation. Qin Dahe served as a Lead Author in the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC and as Co-Chair of Working Group I for the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, which was published in 2007. In 2008 he was re-elected Co-Chair of Working Group I for the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report. Read More Read Less