ICHARM Executive Director KOIKE Toshio was presented with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ambassador Award at the Honors Ceremony of the AGU Fall Meeting 2022, held on December 16 in Chicago, USA. Every year, an awardee is selected for their outstanding contributions to social impact, service to the Earth and space community, scientific leadership, and promotion of talent/career pool. This year, the AGU recognized his lifetime commitment to scientific developments. They include, among others, his scientific achievements, such as the development of an integrated hydrological modeling system with emphasis on energy and CO2 fluxes and soil moisture distribution, and his leadership in a research initiative of the World Climate Research Program’s (WCRP) Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) and in shaping international programs, such as the Sendai Framework for Action on Disaster Risk Reduction and the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO). In addition to scientific activities, his dedication to providing training for new-generation scientists in many developing countries, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines, was recognized with the AGU Ambassador Award.
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| Scenes from the Honors Ceremony |