Myles Allen

Allen was educated at the British School in the Netherlands and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Physics and Philosophy in 1987 followed by a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1992.{{cite thesis|degree=DPhil|publisher=University of Oxford|url=https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph015949185|title=Interactions between the atmosphere and oceans on time scales of weeks to years|first= Myles Robert|last=Allen|date=1992|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.335863}}|website=ox.ac.uk|oclc=61666921}} He was a student of St. John's College, Oxford.

As well as his position as Professor of Geosystem science at Oxford, he is the Principal Investigator of the distributed computing project Climateprediction.net (which makes use of computing resources provided voluntarily by the general public), and was principally responsible for starting this project.{{Cite journal | last1 = Stainforth | first1 = D. A. | last2 = Aina | first2 = T. | last3 = Christensen | first3 = C. | last4 = Collins | first4 = M. | last5 = Faull | first5 = N. | last6 = Frame | first6 = D. J. | last7 = Kettleborough | first7 = J. A. | last8 = Knight | first8 = S. | last9 = Martin | first9 = A. | doi = 10.1038/nature03301 | last10 = Murphy | first10 = J. M. | last11 = Piani | first11 = C. | last12 = Sexton | first12 = D. | last13 = Smith | first13 = L. A. | last14 = Spicer | first14 = R. A. | last15 = Thorpe | first15 = A. J. | last16 = Allen | first16 = M. R. | title = Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases | journal = Nature | volume = 433 | issue = 7024 | pages = 403–406 | year = 2005 | pmid = 15674288 | url = http://www.climateprediction.net/science/pubs/nature_first_results.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050917134106/http://www.climateprediction.net/science/pubs/nature_first_results.pdf | archive-date = 2005-09-17 | bibcode = 2005Natur.433..403S | s2cid = 2547937 }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Piani | first1 = C. | last2 = Frame | first2 = D. J. | last3 = Stainforth | first3 = D. A. | last4 = Allen | first4 = M. R. | title = Constraints on climate change from a multi-thousand member ensemble of simulations | doi = 10.1029/2005GL024452 | journal = Geophysical Research Letters | volume = 32 | issue = 23 | pages = L23825 | year = 2005 | url = http://climateprediction.net/science/pubs/Piani_GRL.pdf | bibcode = 2005GeoRL..3223825P | s2cid = 56227360 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120209104343/http://www.climateprediction.net/science/pubs/Piani_GRL.pdf | archive-date = 2012-02-09 }} He is the Director of the [https://netzeroclimate.org/ Oxford Net Zero initiative]{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://netzeroclimate.org/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Net Zero Climate |language=en-GB}} and a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.{{cite web|url=http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/mallen.html|title=Professor Myles Allen|publisher=School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford|access-date=30 May 2012}}

Allen has worked at the Energy Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He contributed to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a Lead Author of the Chapter on detection of change and attribution of causes,{{cite web |url=http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_tar/?src=/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/439.htm |title=Chapter 12. Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes |access-date=2009-02-10 |last1=Mitchell |first1=J.F.B. |last2=Karoly |first2=D.J. |last3=Hegerl |first3=G.C. |last4=Zwiers |first4=F.W. |last5=Allen |first5=M.R. |last6=Marengo |first6=J. |year=2001 |work=IPCC Third Assessment Report |publisher=Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123191027/http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_tar/?src=%2Fclimate%2Fipcc_tar%2Fwg1%2F439.htm |archive-date=2009-01-23 }} and was a Review Editor for the chapter on predictions of global climate change for the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and a co-author of the IPCC October 8, 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C.{{citation |series=Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C |quote="IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty |title=Summary for Policymakers|publisher=Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |date=nd |access-date=October 8, 2018 |url=http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf }}{{cite report |work=Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C |publisher=Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |title=Chapter 1: Framing and Context|date=October 7, 2018 |access-date=October 7, 2018 |location=Incheon, Republic of Korea |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/ |first1=Myles |author2-link=Pauline Dube |last1=Allen |first2=Opha Pauline |last2=Dube |first3=William |last3=Solecki }} His researchhttps://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=myles+allen Myles Allen in Google Scholar focuses on the attribution of recent climate change and assessing what these changes mean for global climate simulations of the future.{{Cite journal | last1 = Allen | first1 = M. R. | last2 = Ingram | first2 = W. J. | doi = 10.1038/nature01092 | title = Constraints on future changes in climate and the hydrologic cycle | journal = Nature | volume = 419 | issue = 6903 | pages = 224–232 | year = 2002 | pmid = 12226677| bibcode = 2002Natur.419..224A | s2cid = 916557 }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Stott | first1 = P. A. | last2 = Stone | first2 = D. A. | last3 = Allen | first3 = M. R. | doi = 10.1038/nature03089 | title = Human contribution to the European heatwave of 2003 | journal = Nature | volume = 432 | issue = 7017 | pages = 610–614 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15577907| bibcode = 2004Natur.432..610S | s2cid = 13882658 }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Tett | first1 = S. F. B. | last2 = Stott | first2 = P. A. | last3 = Allen | first3 = M. R. | last4 = Ingram | first4 = W. J. | last5 = Mitchell | first5 = J. F. B. | title = Causes of twentieth-century temperature change near the Earth's surface| journal = Nature | volume = 399 | issue = 6736 | pages = 569–572 | doi = 10.1038/21164 | year = 1999 | bibcode = 1999Natur.399..569T | s2cid = 4431997 }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Forest | first1 = C. E. | last2 = Stone | first2 = P. H. | last3 = Sokolov | first3 = A. P. | last4 = Allen | first4 = M. R. | last5 = Webster | first5 = M. D. | title = Quantifying Uncertainties in Climate System Properties with the Use of Recent Climate Observations | doi = 10.1126/science.1064419 | journal = Science | volume = 295 | issue = 5552 | pages = 113–117 | year = 2002 | pmid = 11778044| bibcode = 2002Sci...295..113F | citeseerx = 10.1.1.297.1145 | s2cid = 5322736 }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Allen | first1 = M. R. | last2 = Stott | first2 = P. A. | last3 = Mitchell | first3 = J. F. B. | last4 = Schnur | first4 = R. | last5 = Delworth | first5 = T. L. | title = Quantifying the uncertainty in forecasts of anthropogenic climate change | journal = Nature | volume = 407 | issue = 6804 | pages = 617–620 | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1038/35036559 | pmid = 11034207| bibcode = 2000Natur.407..617A | s2cid = 4426713 }}

Allen also provided the technical expertise for the game Fate of the World, which is "a PC strategy game that simulates the real social and environmental impact of global climate change over the next 200 years".{{cite web| url=http://fateoftheworld.net/about | title=About Fate of the World | date=4 March 2011 | website=fateoftheworld.net/about | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304212304/http://fateoftheworld.net/about | archive-date=2011-03-04 }}

In 2015, he mentioned that carbon capture and storage (CCS) should be made mandatory.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/02/fossil-fuel-companies-should-be-made-to-invest-in-carbon-capture-and-storage | title=Fossil fuel companies 'should be made to invest in carbon capture and storage' | newspaper=The Guardian | date=2 July 2015 }}

In 2010, Allen was awarded the Edward Appleton Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics for "his important contributions to the detection and attribution of human influence on climate and quantifying uncertainty in climate predictions".{{cite web|url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/appleton/medallists/page_38521.html|title=Appleton medal recipients|publisher=Institute of Physics|page=1|access-date=26 August 2010}}

Allen was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to climate change attribution and prediction and net-zero.{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N8|date=1 January 2022}} He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Myles Allen |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/myles-allen-36203/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=royalsociety.org}}

Allen married Irene Tracey in 1994 and has three children.

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