Dr Jo House

Research summary

My research focuses on the carbon cycle; land use change and greenhouse gas emissions; climate impacts on forests; mitigation of climate change through avoided deforestation, forestry and bioenergy; climate mitigation scenarios, emissions pathways and policy implications. I have extensive experience in science synthesis and communication with policy makers, industry and NGOs.  I have been a lead author for the IPCC (Intergovenrmental Panel on Climate Change) for which we jointly received the Nobel Prize in 2007, and I continue to contribute to these Assessments.  I was a convening lead author on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Land use change (mainly deforestation) accounted ...

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Biography

PhD, Bristol University, October 2010 “Terrestrial Ecosystems, Carbon Cycle and Climate Change”

First Class Honours in Human Environmental Science, Kings College London, University of London, 1988-1991

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Links

• Bristol Research Initiative for the Dynamic Global Environment (BRIDGE)
• Cabot Institute, Bristol University
• Global Change group, Bristol University

Selected publications

• Dawson, T, Jackson, S, House, J, Prentice, I & Mace, G 2011, ‘Beyond Predictions: Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate’. Science, vol 332., pp. 53 - 58
• Davis, S, House, J, Diaz-Chavez, R, Molnar, A, Valin, H & DeLucia, E 2011, ‘How can land-use modelling tools inform bioenergy policies?’. Interface Focus, vol 1.

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