OML Center Scientific Director Dr. Rodel Lasco is one of the nominees to the Climate Change Commission’s Panel of Experts, as cited in the University of the Philippines website. Dr. Lasco, whose work has focused on issues related to natural resources conservation, climate change and land degradation, is a member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the 2007 co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He is also a member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) in the Philippines and the Philippine Programme Coordinator for the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).