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Balgis Osman-Elasha

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Sudanese climate scientist

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Balgis Osman-Elasha is a Sudanese climate scientist who studies the effects of climate change in Africa and promotes sustainable development and climate change adaptations.

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Balgis Osman-Elasha (second from right) participating in a panel on "adaptation of forests to climate change." Organized by IUFRO, CIFOR, ICRAF and PROFOR-World Bank; January 2011.

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2008Champions of the Earth

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Rosa Elena Simeón NegrínAlso won Champions of the Earth Olga SperanskayaAlso won Champions of the Earth Tewolde Berhan Gebre EgziabherAlso won Champions of the Earth

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Balgis Osman-Elasha is a Sudanese climate scientist who studies the effects of climate change in Africa and promotes sustainable development and climate change adaptations. She was a lead writer on the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report that garnered the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change a Nobel Peace Prize, and she was named a 2008 United Nations Environment Programme Champion of the Earth.