Website goklany.org Name Indur Goklany | Role Author | |
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Alma mater Indian Institutes of Technology, Michigan State University Occupation Science and technology policy analyst Employer United States Department of the Interior Notable work The Improving State of the World Residence Vienna, Virginia, United States Books The Improving State of the World Education Michigan State University, Indian Institutes of Technology | ||
Indur M. Goklany, ICCC-12 (Panel 2A Fossil Fuels and Human Prosperity)
Indur M. Goklany is a science and technology policy analyst for the United States Department of the Interior, where he holds the position of Assistant Director of Programs, Science and Technology Policy.
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- Indur M Goklany ICCC 12 Panel 2A Fossil Fuels and Human Prosperity
- Education
- Views on climate change
- References
He has represented the United States at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and during the negotiations that led to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He was a rapporteur for the Resource Use and Management Subgroup of Working Group III of the IPCC First Assessment Report in 1990, and is the author of Clearing the Air (1999), The Precautionary Principle (2001), and The Improving State of the World (2007).
Education
Goklany holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering. His B.Tech degree is from the Indian Institutes of Technology and his M.S. and PhD are from Michigan State University.
Views on climate change
Goklany has spoken against the use of biofuels and ethanol as he believes it drives the price of food beyond the reach of the poor. In an op-ed for The New York Times, he wrote, "Ironically, much of the hysteria over global warming is itself fueled by concerns that it may drive numerous species to extinction and increase hunger worldwide, especially in developing countries. Yet the biofuel solution would only make bad matters worse on both counts".
He took part in the making of Policy Peril: Why Global Warming Policies are More Dangerous than Global Warming Itself, a film created by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
He has also been critical of the Worldwide Fund for Nature and the United Nations Population Fund over their stance on population growth saying, "For many groups like the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), World Population Day, which fell on July 11, is another chance to bemoan 'the relentless growth in human population,' while the United Nations Population Fund says 'stabilizing population would help sustain the planet.' The problem, however, is not population but poverty."