Bahamian climate scientist elected to IPCC

BAHAMIAN climate scientist

Dr Adelle Thomas was elected to serve on the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Panel Change (IPCC) at its 59th session in Nairobi, Kenya on July 28.

Dr Thomas, a senior fellow at the Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Centre at the University of The Bahamas and a senior scientist at Climate Analytics, was elected as a Vice-Chair of the IPCC Working Group two (WGII) after defeating the Mexican Candidate 72 to 69 votes for the last of four seats allotted to the American Region on the Bureau. The working group assesses the impacts of climate change, from a world-wide to a regional view.

Dr Thomas has more than 16 years of experience in research and policy development on climate change adaptation and loss and damage in the developing world context, with a particular focus on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). She has extensive experience in communicating and developing policy-relevant science, including in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and in national and sub-national policy processes. Dr Thomas has previously served as a member of the UNFCCC

Technology Executive Committee and currently serves as a member of the Technical Expert Group on Comprehensive Risk Management for the Warsaw International Mechanism Executive Committee (WIM ExCom). Dr Thomas has an array of experience with the IPCC having served as a Lead Author on many IPCC documents including the Special Report on 1.5°C. As vice-chair, her priorities will be among other things to ensure that high scientific standards of IPCC assessments are maintained and supporting increased representation and engagement of authors from developing countries.

WOMAN GETS THREE-AND-A-HALF YEAR SENTENCE FOR HIT-AND-RUN THAT LEFT KILLED A MAN

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A WOMAN was sentenced to three and half years in prison yesterday after admitting to killing a man with her car on John F Kennedy Drive last February.

Justice Gregory Hilton presided as Altanease Rolle, 25, was sentenced for a charge of vehicular manslaughter.

Bjorn Ferguson represented the accused. He previously ordered a social inquiry report on Rolle to assist the court in determining its sentencing.

Rolle reportedly drove dangerously while heading west around 1.40am on February 14, 2022, on JFK Drive. She struck and killed Sandy Rolle while he was on his way to work.

The 53-year-old victim died of injuries at the scene, while the suspect involved in the fatal hit-and-run failed to report the incident within 24 hours.

At the time of the incident, Rolle’s vehicle, a Toyota Passo, was unlicensed and uninsured. She allegedly did not have a valid licence.

While Rolle initially pleaded not guilty to the charge last October, she changed her plea to guilty on May 15. Justice Hilton ordered that Rolle serve a threeyear and six-month prison term at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.

Six Months Prison After T W Elve Curfe W Breaches For Man On Bail For Sex Assault

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A MAN on bail for sexual assault was sentenced to six months in prison after he admitted to breaching curfew 12 times.

Senior Magistrate Derrence Rolle Davis charged Chanton Butler, 23, with 12 counts of violation of bail conditions.

Butler was granted $15,000 bail by the Supreme Court for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor after he allegedly slept with a 15-year-old girl in November 2021.

Butler’s residential curfew is 9pm to 6am. He breached that 12 times between March 20 to July

30, 2023.

He faced a previous bail violation conviction last September; he was placed on 18 months probation and fined $1,000.

He was sentenced to six months at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after he pleaded guilty to his most recent bail breaches.

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