Bert R. Bolin (born 15 March1925) is a Swedish meteorologist who served as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 1988 to 1998.
Bolin completed his Ph.D. at Stockholm University in 1956, and was Professor of Meteorology there 1961-1990.
Bert Biolin has received many awards and honors, including the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1984), the highest atmospheric science award of the American Meteorological Society, for his work in climate research.
Bert R.J. Bolin is a pioneer in global climate change, who has helped focus international attention on the potential dangers to the world's climate posed by the "greenhouse" gases, such as carbon dioxide and, more recently, ozone, methane, nitrogen oxides, and chloroflurocarbons.
Bolin previously served as scientific director of the European Space Research Organization, and he presently serves as scientific adviser to the Prime Minister of Sweden.
Bolin received his B.S. degree from the University of Uppsala and his Ph.D. from the University of Stockholm.
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