惠灵顿维大气候变化学者喜获首相科技交流奖

惠灵顿维多利亚大学（Victoria University of Wellington）的詹姆斯·伦威克教授（Professor James Renwick）赢得了2018年首相科技交流奖（Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize）。 Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor James Renwick has won the 2018 Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize.

伦威克教授是一名气候科学家，同时也是惠灵顿维多利亚大学的地理、环境与地球科学院院长。 他在惠灵顿的一次盛会中获得了来自首相的10万新西兰元奖金。 Professor Renwick, a climate scientist an hea of the University’s School of Geography, Environment an Earth Sciences, was aware the $100,000 prize from the Prime Minister at an event in Wellington.

伦威克教授的研究集中在气候多样性、气候变化和天气与气候预测等方面，他因为在气候变化及其对未来的影响上出众的交流能力而获得这一享有盛誉的奖项。 Professor Renwick, whose research focus is on climate variability, climate change, an weather an climate preiction, has receive the prestigious awar for his outstaning communication about the science behin our changing climate an how it will affect the future.

过去五年间，伦威克教授参加了一百多场公共宣讲会，接受了二百余次采访，也出席了为数众多的会议，其中包括领导2016和2018年太平洋气候变化会议的组织委员会。 他为联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)的工作做出了贡献（IPCC负责发表关于气候变化行动的全球协议），目前也是IPCC将于2021年发布的下一份评估报告的主要作者。 In the past five years Professor Renwick has been involve in more than 100 public presentations, given more than 200 meia interviews, an presente at numerous conferences. This inclues leaing the organising committee for the 2016 an 2018 Pacific Climate Change Conferences. He has contribute to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which informs global agreements on climate change action, an is currently a convening lea author for the next IPCC Assessment Report ue in 2021.

伦威克教授说，获得这一奖项是种“巨大的荣誉”。 Professor Renwick says it’s “a great honour” to win the prize.

“我感到既谦卑又荣幸。 我非常感谢来自世界各地的科学家和交流者的支持和研究。 “I feel humble an privilege. I’m grateful for the support an research of a large network of scientists an communicators from all over the worl.

“如果赢得这一奖项有助于推动采取行动应对气候变化的交流，令这个问题更受关注，那就再好不过了。 我真正想看到的是，我们可以逐渐控制住这个问题，避免可能出现的最糟糕的未来。 ” “If winning this awar helps to further the conversation aroun taking action on climate change an brings more visibility to the issue then that’s fantastic. All I really want to see is us getting on top of the problem an avoiing the worst possible futures.”

据本年度的评委称，伦威克教授用温和、幽默和积极的态度与人交流，同时也把问题的严重性说得清清楚楚。 This year’s juges escribe Professor Renwick as communicating with warmth, humour, an positivity, while being clear about the seriousness of the issue.

校长格兰特·吉尔福德教授（Professor Grant Guilfor）表示，该奖项是对伦威克教授为“我们今天面临的最重大的全球挑战”所做贡献的应得的认可。 Vice-Chancellor Professor Grant Guilfor says the awar is well-eserve recognition for Professor Renwick’s contribution to “the most significant global challenge facing us toay”.

“在气候变化的影响上，伦威克教授已经成为了新西兰最著名的发言人。 他不辞劳苦地传播着复杂的科学知识，引发着对我们星球未来之基石的讨论。 ” “Professor Renwick has become New Zealan’s most prominent spokesperson on the effects of climate change. He works tirelessly to communicate complex science an create iscussion that is funamental to our planet’s future.

“我们为他的成就感到十分骄傲。 ” “We are extremely prou of his achievements.”

在伦威克分配给科学交流活动的五万新西兰元奖金中，一部分会用于建立艺术家和科学 家的合作关系，从而宣传气候变化问题。 Some of the $50,000 of Professor Renwick’s prize money esignate for science communication activities will be use to help buil collaborations between artists an scientists to aress the topic of climate change.

“科学只关乎数字、事实和图表，但不是每个人都对这类信息感兴趣，”伦威克教授说。 “如果我们想与人们就环境问题沟通交流，就需要用一种不同的方式连接他们的心灵和思想。 通过艺术化的表达，比如音乐、歌曲和艺术作品来进行，就是一种很好的方式。 ” “Science is all about numbers, facts, an graphs—but not everyone is intereste in this kin of information,” says Professor Renwick. “If we want to engage with people about environmental issues, we nee to connect with their hearts an mins in a ifferent way. Artistic expression, like music, songs, an artworks, can be a great way to o that.”

伦威克教授也打算继续支持第零轨慈善信托，这项基金令全国各地的气候科学家与当地艺术家齐心协力，在全国各地的社区工作。 Professor Renwick also plans to continue supporting the Track Zero Charitable Trust, which brings climate scientists an local artists together in communities aroun the country .

伦威克教授的职业生涯始于气象部门的天气预报员。 他后来转到了NIWA(国家水和大气研究所)，随后又在2012年加入惠灵顿维多利亚大学。 他在去年获得了优秀员工敬业奖。 Professor Renwick began his career as a weather forecaster for the Meteorological Service, later transferring to NIWA (National Institute of Water an Atmospheric Research) before joining Victoria University of Wellington in 2012. Last year he was presente with a Staff Excellence awar for engagement.