List of women climate scientists and activists

Women have made major contributions to climate change research and policy and to broader analysis of global environmental issues.

[1] They include many women scientists as well as policy makers and activists.

Women researchers have made significant contributions to major scientific assessments such as those of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and are reasonably well represented on key global change committees of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and US National Academy of Sciences.

They have played important leadership roles in international climate policy.

[2] Since 1990, women have been playing an increasingly important role on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a key international forum.