Werner A. Kurz

Werner Kurz is a Canadian research scientist at Canada's Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. He is leading the development of an accounting system to assess potential climate change known as the National Forest Carbon Accounting System for Canada. to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the work of the IPCC (including the contributions of many scientists) was recognized by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. More than 32 million acres of forest have been killed by this outbreak since 2000. The beetle outbreak affects carbon dioxide emissions in two main ways.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Kurz contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports including the 2019 Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL). His IPCC contributions and that of many scientists, was recognized by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.