# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/youba-sokona
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:31:38.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/youba-sokona"
name: "Youba Sokona"
slug: "youba-sokona"
description: "Youba Sokona FAAS FTWAS (born 23 May 1950) is a Malian expert in the fields of energy and sustainable development, particularly in Africa. He has been the vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since October 2015 and a lead author at the IPCC since 1990."
tagline: "Malian climatologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Youba_Sokona_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.52
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.402916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youba_Sokona"
    title: "Youba Sokona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youba_Sokona"
    title: "Youba Sokona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youba_Sokona"
    title: "Youba Sokona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youba_Sokona"
    title: "Youba Sokona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Youba_Sokona"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70428930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump