Nana Klutse
{{Short description|Ghanaian climate change researcher (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nana Ama Browne Klutse
| image = File:Nana Ama Browne Klutse in her office at the University of Ghana.jpg
| caption = Klutse in her office at the University of Ghana
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1981|5|23}}
| birth_place = Nyanfeku Ekroful, Ghana
| nationality =
| occupation = Climate scientist
| alma_mater = University of Cape Coast
| employer = University of Ghana
| known_for = Chapter Atlas - IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
}}
Nana Ama Browne Klutse (born 23 May 1981) is a Ghanaian lecturer and climatologist. She is the head of the University of Ghana Physics Department and an associate professor. She is also the Vice-Chair of IPCC’s Working Group I for the seventh assessment cycle.{{Cite web |title=Nana Ama Browne Klutse — IPCC |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/people/nana-ama-browne-klutse/ |access-date=2025-02-04}} She is the director of Environmental Protection Authority in Ghana.
Early life and educational background
Nana Ama Browne Klutse was born on 23 May 1981 at Nyanfeku Ekroful, Ghana. She had her primary education at the Anomabo Methodist Primary and JHS.
She continued to Mfantsiman Girls Secondary school and later went to University of Cape Coast in Ghana to read BSc Physics. She pursued her PhD Climatology at University of Cape Town in South Africa.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-18|title=Ghana's Dr. Nana Ama Browne Klutse among lead authors for 6th climate change report|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/08/ghanas-dr-nana-ama-browne-klutse-among-lead-authors-for-6th-climate-change-report/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana|language=en-US}}
Scientific career
Klutse studies climate dynamics of West Africa. Her work focuses on climate science and development specifically on the African monsoon.Klutse, NAB et al. (2016). Daily characteristics of West African summer monsoon precipitation in CORDEX simulations. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 123(1-2): 369-86.Klutse NAB et al (2018). Potential impact of 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming on consecutive dry and wet days over West Africa. Environmental Letters, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab37b She is Professor and the Head of the Department of Physics, University of Ghana.{{cite news|last1=Donkor|first1=Kwadwo Baffoe|date=26 July 2019|title=Prof Nana Ama Browne Klutse joins NDC Abura Asebu Kwamankese race|work=Graphic Online|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/nana-ama-browne-klutse-joins-ndc-abura-asebu-kwamankese-race.html|access-date=8 January 2021}} In the past, she managed the Remote Sensing and Climate Centre.{{cite web|date=21 December 2016|title=Nana Ama Browne Klutse: Ghanaian scientist studies dynamics of west African monsoon|url=https://futureclimateafrica.org/nana-ama-browne-klutse-ghanaian-studies-dynamics-of-west-african-monsoon|access-date=8 January 2021|website=Future Climate for Africa}} Klutse is a Climate Science Fellow of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences{{cite web|date=2018-05-15|title=AIMS announces first cohort of women in Climate Change Science Fellows|url=https://africanews.space/aims-announces-first-cohort-of-women-in-climate-change-science-fellows/}} and a lead author contributing to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). She was elected vice-chair of working group I of the IPCC in July 2023.{{Cite web |title=IPCC wraps up elections in Nairobi — IPCC |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/2023/07/28/ipcc-wraps-up-elections-in-nairobi/ |access-date=2023-08-15}}
She also actively encourages girls in Ghana to consider science careers and supports improvements in science education in the country.{{cite web|last1=Ampofo|first1=Obrempong|date=26 February 2018|title=Mfantseman: Science teachers trained in effective teaching methods|url=http://citifmonline.com/2018/02/mfantseman-science-teachers-trained-in-effective-teaching-methods/|publisher=Citi 97.3 FM News|accessdate=3 April 2020}}
Klutse worked at the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission as a senior research scientist from 2016 to 2018. Prior to this, she had been a guest lecturer at the West African Science Service Centre on Climate and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) in Akure, Nigeria.{{cite news |last1=Donkor |first1=Kwadwo |title=Prof Nana Ama Browne Klutse joins NDC Abura Asebu Kwamankese race |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/nana-ama-browne-klutse-joins-ndc-abura-asebu-kwamankese-race.html |accessdate=3 April 2020 |work=Graphic Online |date=26 July 2019 |language=en}}
Political career
Nana Ama Browne Klutse is also active in politics as a member of the National Democratic Congress.
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Category:Academic staff of the University of Ghana
Category:Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School alumni
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