Dr. Michel Jarraud, Secretary General Emeritus, World Meteorological Organization

Dr. Michel Jarraud is the Secretary-General Emeritus of WMO from 2016. He served as the Deputy Secretary-General of WMO (1995-2003), the Secretary-General of WMO and as a Member of the Chief Executive Board (CEB) of the UN System (2004-2015). He also served as the Chairman of UN-Water, the coordination body for all water related issues in the UN System Secretary-General Emeritus WMO (2012-2015). In 2016, he was awarded among other distinctions, with the highest distinction – Silver medal of the European Meteorological Society (EMS), for his contribution to the development of European meteorology.