Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (born 1930)

Yuri Izrael

Russian scientist (1930–2014)

Yuri Antonievich Izrael was a Soviet and Russian meteorologist. He served as the vice-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) until September 2008, when the new bureau was elected. He was the "most influential scientific adviser" for Vladimir Putin, the…