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In 2018, he was professor in the Departments of Geography, Political Science and Physics at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and is currently Director of Policy Studies at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and Co-Director of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability
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From 1970 to 1988, McBean was a scientist with Environment Canada. In 1988, he became Professor of Geography and Chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Program and in 1992, Professor of Oceanography and Head of the Department of Oceanography. He returned to Environment Canada as Assistant Deputy Minister
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calling for an effective national climate change strategy. The letter was a response to an earlier open letter to Harper from 60 scientists (seven of them climatologists, 19 of them Canadians) arguing against the Kyoto accord and questioning its scientific basis.
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from 1994 to 2000, responsible for climate, weather and air quality sciences and services in the federal government.
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Professor McBean was born in British Columbia, Canada. He studied
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Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
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who serves as chairman of the board of trustees of the
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead authors
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In 2011, he was made a Member of the Order of Ontario.
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In 2010, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
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Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
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