Dr Kerick Leslie, Dr Ulric “Neville” Trotz and Dr Leonard Nurse were honoured during the Caribbean Night reception hosted by the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) being held in Baltimore, Maryland from 28 January to 1 February 2024. The three Caribbean scientists were honoured for their contributions to understanding the region’s climate and its impacts and for helping to shape a more climate resilient Caribbean.
Dr Leslie, a Belizean meteorologist and physicist, was Belize’s first Chief Meteorologist and Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC). Dr Ulric Trotz, a native of Guyana, served as the Deputy Director of the CCCCC and Dr Leonard Nurse of Barbados is a retired Professor from the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados. He served as the Chairman of the board of the CCCCC for many years.
Tributes to the three outstanding climate scientists were given by the Principal of CIMH, Dr David Farrell, Professor Tanisha Stevenson of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies and Dr Roger Pulwarty of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The Permanent Mission of Belize to the United Nations extends its congratulations to Dr Leslie and his two colleagues.
