Joana Portugal

Joana Portugal is a prominent Portuguese researcher and professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She serves as the lead author for the Sixth Assessment Cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Her expertise lies in climate change and its complexities, particularly in relation to the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global temperature rise. In recent discussions, she emphasized that exceeding the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold does not invalidate the Paris Agreement, which encompasses broader goals beyond just temperature targets, including adaptation and funding strategies.