The members of the committee are distinguished scientists, researchers, politicians and public figures with expertise in the field of environmental protection.
VERN's lecturer and head of three graduate studies, Dr. Mirela Holy , has been elected to the EU Mission Board for Climate Change Adaptation, and is the only representative of Croatia in general to be elected to the Horizon Europe Mission Board.
The Mission Committees are completely new European advisory bodies, five in total, in the areas of climate change, cancer, marine and water conservation, smart cities, and soil and food conservation. Each Mission Committee has a total of 15 members, selected from among eminent scientists, researchers, politicians and public figures who have distinguished themselves in the field covered by the respective Mission Committee.
The election to the Horizon Europe Mission Boards is a great recognition for VERN's head, the former Minister of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Croatia, as more than 2,000 candidates from across the European Union competed for membership in the Mission Boards.
The committee to which our lecturer was appointed also deals with social adaptation, and is chaired by Connie Hedegaard, former EU Commissioner for Climate Action and former Danish Minister of the Environment.
The rest of the distinguished members of the Climate Change Committee: prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele , climatologist and member of the UN's International Panel on Climate Change; prof. Daniela Jacob , climatologist and member of the UN's International Panel on Climate Change; Ann Runnel , eco-innovator and president of Reverse resources; Ph.D. Asun Lera St. Clair , member of the advisory board of Future Earth and member of the working group of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; Mathieu Cornieti , CEO of Impact Partners, European Fund for Social Investments; prof. Kevin O'Connor , director of the BEACON SFI Bioeconomy research center; Mark Scicluna Bartoli , Executive Head of European and Institutional Affairs at Bank of Valletta; Hein Pieper , president of the Dutch regional water agency Rhine and Ijssel and vice president of the Association of Dutch Water Agencies; prof. Helena Freitas , professor at the Institute of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra in Portugal and chairperson of the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Biological Diversity and Sustainable Development; prof. Johan Rockström , Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor of Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam; Dr. Jaroslav Mysiak , Director of the Risk Assessment and Adaptation Strategy Division for the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change; Prof. Virginia Murray is Project Leader for Global Disaster Risk Reduction in Public Health England; Prof. Per Espen Stoknes , Psychologist with a PhD in Economic Sciences and Director of the Centre for Green Growth at the Norwegian Business School.
Congratulations to our lecturer on her appointment!
