Pier Vellinga

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pier Vellinga
Occupation	Climatologist
Date Of Birth	Apr 17, 1950(1950-04-17)
Age	74
Birthplace	Amsterdam
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Birth City	Amsterdam
Horoscope	Aries

Pier Vellinga Biography

Pier Vellinga is one of the most popular and richest Climatologist who was born on April 17, 1950 in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Pier Vellinga (April 17, 1950) is one of the Netherlands’ experts on the impacts of climate change.

In 1991 Professor Vellinga published an article with Robert Swart that became a cornerstone in the definition of the 2 °C target, than adopted by UNFCCC COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. This article also proposed for the first time a traffic-light visualization – based on red, yellow, green colours – that since then has been largely employed in risk management and climate change communication. In 1991/1992 he was one of the architects of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in 1989 was actively involved in setting up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as vice chairman in its first bureau. He was as an author of various IPCC chapters (the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many scientists, was recognised by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize).

In 2003 he presented the Erasmus Liga Lecture on Climate Change and the safety of the Netherlands. This triggered national debate on the vulnerability of the Netherlands with regard to flooding and the need to update the Delta Plan. He was advisor to the second Delta Committee (2008) on sea level rise and coastal protection.

Vellinga’s views on climate change are set out in his SID-lecture from 2008 and his 2008 inaugural lecture “Hoogtij in de Delta” at Wageningen UR.

In 1988, in a newly created position, he became advisor to the Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment on the issue of Climate Change and the development of international CO2 policies. In this role he was key negotiator during the Netherlands EU-presidency of 1988. He was also one of the experts of the Advisory Group on Greenhouse Gases. For this advisory body he also chaired with Peter Gleick the “Targets and Indicators of Climatic Change” working group.

Pier Vellinga Net Worth

Pier Vellinga is one of the richest Climatologist from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pier Vellinga 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was among the first scientists to publish on climate change and its implications regarding water and energy in the eighties. His education and training includes a Fulbright scholarship in the USA in 1967-68, an Msc (1976) and doctors degree at Delft University of Technology (1984).

His 1986 PhD on Beach Erosion and Dune Erosion During Storm provided the basis for the coastal safety evaluation (the Dutch Delta Plan).

From 1995 to 1998 he combined his work as director of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (a position which he held from 1991 to 2001) with a part-time position at the World Bank, United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). From 1991 to 2006 he has been a professor of earth sciences at the Vrije Universiteit. Joyeeta Gupta, Richard Tol, Robert Swart and Hasse Goosen were among his first PhD students. He is Professor in Climate Change and Water Safety at Wageningen University.

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Pier Ranked on the list of most popular Climatologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Pier Vellinga celebrates birthday on April 17 of every year.