Gordon Christopher

Prof Christopher Gordon is based at the University of Ghana’s Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies and is the Country Engagement Lead for CDKN. He holds a BSc (Hons.) in 1980 and an MSc, 1986 from the University of Ghana, and has a PhD from King’s College, University of London (1995), in Human Environmental Science. With over 100 publications, Prof Gordon has supervised more than 60 Masters and PhD students covering Freshwater Biodiversity, Fisheries, Wetland Ecology, Environmental Science, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Chemistry, Agricultural Extension and Communication Studies. Prof Gordon was a coordinating lead author for Chapter 3 of the IPBES report on Africa, as well as serving as a reviewer for IPCC. He has served as Vice-President for both Wetlands International and The International Society of Limnologists. Currently, Prof Gordon is convenor of an ISO Working Group to revise the Environmental Standards for Sites and Organisations, member of the Earth Commission of Future Earth and of the World Adaption Science Programme (WASP) of UN Environment. In 2016 he was invested as a Member, Order of the Volta, for services to the nation in research, education and policy development (Climate Change, Water, Buffer Zones, Wetlands, Environment, Oil and Gas Management).