{"id":1635,"date":"2023-08-08T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=1635"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:38:18","slug":"juerg-luterbacher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/juerg-luterbacher\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u00fcrg Luterbacher"},"content":{"rendered":"
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J\u00fcrg Luterbacher<\/strong>
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Prof. J\u00fcrg Luterbacher is the Director of Science and Innovation and the Chief Scientist of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He has demonstrated leadership and excellence in a broad spectrum of climate science and contributed significantly to the holistic Climate-Earth System approach. He is a pioneer in the paleoclimate science of Europe and Asia. He was a lead author of the 5th IPCC Assessment Report chapter 5 \u201cInformation from Paleoclimate Archives\u201d. Prof. Luterbacher is a recipient of the Senior Visiting Scientist Award of the Chinese Academy of Science, the Scientific Research Expert of the Academy of Athens, and the Medal for outstanding scientific contribution in teaching (University of Brno, Czech Republic). Prof. Luterbacher is an elected member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature \/ Mainz, Germany. He is also Co-Chair of the ITU-T Focus Group on \u201cArtificial Intelligence for Natural Disaster Management\u201d (FG-AI4NDM)\u200b.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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