John Topping
Founder and President,
Climate Institute
John Topping has been President and CEO of the Climate Institute based in Washington, DC since its founding in 1986. From 1989-1990 he served as editor of the portions of the IPCC First Assessment Report concerning impacts of climate change on human settlement, industry, transport, energy, human health and air quality, and on impacts of climate and UV interactions and as Lead Author of the portions concerning impacts on human settlement, industry and transport. Topping received a Certificate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: "For contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize of 2007 to the IPCC. Topping was the former Director of the Office of Air and Radiation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reagan administration. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Yale University. In 2002 he received Dartmouth's first Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. Social Justice Award for Lifetime Achievement. Topping is the editor of two volumes on climate change: Preparing for Climate Change (1988) and Coping with Climate Change (1989) and co-editor of Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them (2008).
Essays, Articles & Other Writings:
Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them
Cutting Climate Change's Gordian Knot: A new way to improve health and lower the risk of future climate change (YaleGlobal, 2 April 2010. Also published in Jakarta Globe and Khaleej Times Online.)
What Mexico City Can Learn From Copenhagen (Cleantech Asia Online, 1January 2010. Also published in BusinessWorld Philippines and Singapore Business Times.)
The Copenhagen COP: A Bridge to Ultimate Success (Cleantech Asia Online, 1 December 2009)
Keeping Humanity Afloat (Cleantech Asia Online, 1 November 2009)
A Spirited Competition for Low Carbon Energy (Cleantech Asia Online, 1 October 2009. Also published in Jakarta Globe and Japan Today. )
How Asia Might Save the Climate (Cleantech Asia Online, 1 September 2009)
Reducing soot: common ground for climate negotiations (Cleantech Asia Online, 1 August 2009. Also published in BusinessWorld.)
Breaking the Impasse, Summer 2009 Climate Alert
Mexico and the Philippines: Building a public base for energy reform (Cleantech Asia Online, 1 July 2009)
A Message from the President, Winter 2009 Climate Alert
Puebla and the Tickell Observatory: Moving a Nation to the Front in Climate Protection Within North America, Fall 2008 Climate Alert
Fishes, Loaves and Foresight: A Message from the President, Summer 2008 Climate Alert
Climate Change Becomes Favorite Cartoon Topic
Climate Books Suddenly Popular
Where Will All The Fish Have Gone?
Nobel Peace Prize Awards Provide Increased Focus on Climate Protection
A Moral and Profitable Path to Climate Stabilization
Film Sparks Discussion of Fate of Penguins in the Face of Global Warming
Massachusetts v. EPA: A Turning Point for the US on Climate Change?
Polar Ice Melting Spurs Interest in Climate Stabilization
Statements, Awards, and Presentations
John Topping Receives Environmental Justice Award
John Topping Interviewed for Living City special issue: The Challenge of Climate Change: global solutions to global problems Stabilization: Our Best Investment, November 2006, Climate. Reprint from Living City (PDF)
John Topping and Luis Roberto Acosta interviewed for Atmósferas en Problemas - Nosotros también - Entrevista a John Topping y Luis Roberto Acosta del Climate Institute . Mexico, May- June 2007