A specialist on the effects of climate change, Martin Parry has directed the Jackson Environment Initiative (JEI) since 1996, first at University College London and now at the University of East Anglia (UEA). At UEA Parry also serves as professor of environmental science. His other current positions include chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Task Group on Scenarios for Climate Impact Assessment and member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the United Nations Environment Programme's Climate Impacts and Responses Programme. He has won a number of awards, including the Order of the British Empire in 1998 for services to the environment and the World Meteorological Organisation's Gerbier-Mumm International Award in 1993 for contributions to research on climate change.