Mohan Munasinghe is a Sri Lankan physicist, engineer and economist with a focus on energy, water resources, sustainable development and climate change.
11 Facts About Mohan Munasinghe
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Mohan Munasinghe was the 2021 Blue Planet Prize Laureate, and Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore.
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Mohan Munasinghe has served as an honorary senior advisor to the government of Sri Lanka since 1980.
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Mohan Munasinghe was founder chairman, Computer and Information Technology Council, and served on the Presidential Commission that determined national telecommunications policy.
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Mohan Munasinghe was involved with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since its inception in 1988 and had served as Chancellor of the International Water Academy in Oslo.
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From 1990 to 1992 Mohan Munasinghe was Advisor to the US President's Council on Environmental Quality.
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Mohan Munasinghe served on the board of directors of Green Cross International and was a member of the Club of Rome.
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Mohan Munasinghe has authored or co-authored over 120 books and 400 journal articles.
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Mohan Munasinghe is widely recognised for having first proposed the Sustainomics framework for making development more sustainable at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and more recently for proposing the Millennium Consumption Goals at the United Nations.
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Mohan Munasinghe was visiting professor at the Technische Universitat Darmstadt.
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Mohan Munasinghe has authored over 120 academic books and 400 technical papers; [1].