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Article by Ottmar Edenhofer and Robert Marschinski in the newspaper "Die Zeit" on 8 December 2011. pdf
Articel by Ottmar Edenhofer in the newspaper "Financial Times Deutschland" on 5 December 2011. pdf
Ottmar Edenhofer Director of new Research Institute founded jointly by Stiftung Mercator and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK): Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). Link to MCC
Interview with Ottmar Edenhofer in the newspaper "Die Zeit" on 29 November 2011. Link
Interview with Ottmar Edenhofer in the magazine "Focus" on 28 November 2011. pdf
Climate Lecture 2011 video documentation now available. Link
Article by Ottmar Edenhofer in the newspaper "Der Tagesspiegel" on 9 November 2011. Link
The UN Secretary General has recently presented a report on Renewables to the General Assembly much of which is based on Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) as a source of information. The SRREN has been carried out by Ottmar Edenhofer together with the TSU and the other two Co-Chairs of IPCC, Youba Sokona and Ramón Pichs Madruga. Link to report of the Secretary-General. Link to the SRREN.
Nature Climate Change: Different views ensure IPCC balance. In a commentary, Ottmar Edenhofer refutes accusations that the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation is biased by a conflict of interest. Link
SRREN is now available in hardcopy
What is the role of renewable energy sources in pursuing GHG concentration stabilization levels? The "Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN)" contains extensive assessment and thorough analysis of renewable energy technologies and their current and potential role in the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis rests upon a comprehensive assessment of scientific literature, including specifics of individual studies, but also an aggregate across studies analyzed for broader conclusions... more
Short biography
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer is professor of the Economics of Climate Change (appointment together with the Michael Otto Stiftung) at the Technische Universität Berlin and Co-Chair of the Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He is Deputy Director and Chief Economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and is currently leading Research Domain III - Sustainable Solutions - that focuses on research in the field of the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation. He is member of the Science-Industry Cooperation, member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Workgroup Climate, Energy and Environment and advises the World Bank as a member of the advisory committee of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform.
He has published articles in Science, Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Energy Policy and other peer-reviewed journals and authored a number of books.
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer’s research explores the impact of induced technological change on mitigation costs and mitigation strategies, as well as the design of instruments for climate and energy policy. He specializes in the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilization, Social Cost-Benefit Analysis, Sustainability Theory, Economic Growth Theory, Environmental Economics, Welfare Theory and General Intertemporal Equilibrium Theory. He leads and coordinates several externally funded research projects and was a Lead Author for the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC from 2004 until 2007. In 2005 he became a Fellow of the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst. He is currently supervising several PhD students and Master students.
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer (born 1961 in Bavaria) studied Economics and Philosophy at the University of Munich and holds a Diploma in Economics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (Prädikatsexamen) and a BA in Philosophy (“summa cum laude”) from the Hochschule für Philosophie Munich. During his studies he founded his own enterprise, and between 1991 and 1993 led a humanitarian aid organisation in Bosnia. He worked as a research assistant at the Technical University Darmstadt and wrote his Ph.D. in Economics (“summa cum laude”) in 1999. He accepted the professorship at the TU Berlin in 2008.
In addition to his teaching and research, he is actively involved in public policy and in the public debate in Germany and at the EU level. Until 2009 he was key climate change advisor to federal foreign minister and deputy-chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the German Information Centre for Carbon Dioxide Technologies, IZ Klima.
Edenhofer has been interviewed by ARD and ZDF several times for their nationwide news. His interviews have been published in NATURE, DIE ZEIT, WELT and Sueddeutsche Zeitung. He has written widespread articles in the FAZ and in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. His work has been highlighted in German broadcasts like the Deutschlandfunk and been reported on by large news agencies like Reuters and ap.
(Foto: Marco Urban, PIK)
