Len Shaffrey

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ABOUT LEN SHAFFREY

I\'m the Director of Marine Science at the National Oceanography Centre. Everyday I get to interact with the amazing scientists and engineers at NOC who are furthering our understanding of the oceans while helping to address the challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, and biodiversity loss. I\'m also the Principal Investigator of the NERC National Capability CANARI project, which brings together 80 scientists from across the NERC Research Centres to study climate change in the Arctic-North Atlantic region and its influence on extreme weather in the UK. I\'m also a Visiting Professor in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. My personal research focusses on understanding ocean-atmosphere coupled climate variability and change, with a particular focus on extreme weather hazards and the predictability of climate on seasonal to decadal timescales. In addition, I\'m interested in how society is addressing the challenges of climate change, especially in finance and business, for example contributing to major climate policy reports, including for the IPCC and the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment.