Ogunlade Davidson

{{Short description|Sierra Leonean scientist (1949–2022)}}

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Ogunlade Davidson (26 May 1949 – 8 October 2022) was a Sierra Leonean scientist who was co-chair of the Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 1997 until 2001, during the 4th Assessment Report. He was also an IPCC Vice-Chair from 2008-2014.{{cite web |title=Obituary: Professor Ogunlade Robert Davidson — IPCC |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/2022/10/26/obituary-ogunlade-robert-davidson/ |publisher=IPCC |date=26 October 2022}} From 1996 to 2000, he held the post of Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

Davidson was appointed Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Sierra Leone during the Ernest Bai Koroma Administration.[http://www.ernestkoroma.org/cabinet.htm Cabinet] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828202137/http://www.ernestkoroma.org/cabinet.htm |date=August 28, 2008 }} accessed 10 December 2010

Davidson died in 8 October 2022, at the age of 73.{{cite web|url=https://www.switsalone.com/42478_sierra-leonean-scientist-professor-ogunlade-robert-davidson-is-dead-at-73/|title=Sierra Leonean scientist Professor Ogunlade Robert Davidson is dead at 73|first=Lamin|last=Kargbo|work=SwitSalone|date=28 October 2022|access-date=28 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=Obituary: Professor Ogunlade Robert Davidson — IPCC |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/2022/10/26/obituary-ogunlade-robert-davidson/ |publisher=IPCC |date=26 October 2022}}