Michael Taylor is the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of the West Indies, Mona. He also co-directs the Climate Studies Group, Mona (CSGM). His research focuses on determining the scientific imprint of climate change in and at the scale of the Caribbean islands. He was a coordinating lead author for chapter 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5 degrees.