Jim Buizer

Jim Buizer is retired professor of climate adaptation in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. From 2019-2022, he was the founding director of the Arizona Institute for Environments and Societies. From 2003-2011, Jim served as Senior Advisor for Institutional Transformation to the President at Arizona State University, where he led the establishment of 10 new research Institutes and Schools. Prior, Jim was Director of the Climate and Societal Interactions Division at NOAA in Washington, D.C.  He has worked in over 20 countries throughout his career and has published extensively on the science-to-action interface, integrating climate information into decisions, and climate assessments. His degrees are in Oceanography, and Marine Policy & Economics from the University of Washington, Seattle. He has held leadership roles for U.S. National Climate Assessments and as U.S. Government reviewer of reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Email: buizer@arizona.edu