Bangladeshi scientist named IPCC Lead Author for 2027

Bangladeshi scientist Dr Mohammad Kamruzzaman Milon has been selected as a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a significant recognition of Bangladesh’s growing role in global climate science and policy.

Dr Milon’s appointment as a Lead Author underscores Bangladesh’s rising influence in global climate governance and highlights the importance of incorporating perspectives from climate-vulnerable and developing countries in shaping fair and effective international climate frameworks.

Dr Milon, a Senior Scientific Officer at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), will contribute to the IPCC’s 2027 Methodology Report, which sets international standards for how countries calculate and report greenhouse gas emissions and removals under the Paris Agreement.

His work will focus on methodological guidance for including carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies in national greenhouse gas inventories. These technologies are increasingly central to global mitigation strategies and the guidance will influence how governments measure and compare their climate actions worldwide.

Dr. Milon said the report would play a decisive role in determining how climate actions are accounted for globally.

“This work is critically important because it will define how the steps taken by countries to tackle climate change are reflected in their carbon accounting,” he said.

Reacting to his appointment, Dr Milon described the selection as both a personal and national achievement.

“This is not just an individual honour for me, but a matter of pride for Bangladesh’s agricultural and climate research community. It also provides an opportunity to bring the real challenges faced by developing countries into global climate guidelines,” he added.

Dr Milon’s research areas include climate change impact assessment, climate-smart agricultural technology development and greenhouse gas modelling and mitigation, particularly in agriculture.

Experts note that agricultural scientists are playing an increasingly important role in global climate accounting, as food systems are both highly vulnerable to climate change and significant sources of emissions.

The IPCC is the United Nations body responsible for assessing the scientific basis of climate change and providing evidence-based guidance to policymakers worldwide. Its methodology reports form the technical backbone of national climate reporting and international climate negotiations.