Ottmar Edenhofer reappointed to the EU Climate Advisory Board

The Advisory Board gives independent advice and produces reports on EU policies, and their coherence with the Climate Law and the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement. It consists of 15 high-level scientific experts covering a wide range of relevant fields. Edenhofer is serving as the Advisory Board’s current Chair during its first term (2022-2026). Highlights during this period have included scientific recommendations for an ambitious EU climate target for 2040, an analysis of the action needed to achieve climate neutrality, and a study on scaling up atmospheric carbon removals.

“I am very thankful for the great opportunity to continue supporting EU climate policy in this service role for the next four years,” says Edenhofer, who is also Professor for The Economics and Politics of Climate Change at the Technische Universität Berlin. “The European Union has taken some important steps in recent years towards its declared goal of climate neutrality by 2050. It remains important to make climate policy cost-effective, socially balanced and consistent with the requirements of an internationally competitive economy. As a member of the Advisory Board, I will do my best to provide scientific advice to policymakers on this task.”

The composition of the Advisory Board for the next four-year term has now been decided through an open, fair and transparent selection process lasting several months. The decision on who will chair the body in future is not expected until beginning of the second term. The other members of the Advisory Board in the second term are:
•    Annela Anger-Kraavi – University of Cambridge
•    Constantinos Cartalis – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
•    Suraje Dessai – University of Leeds’ School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability 
•    Laura Díaz Anadón – University of Cambridge
•    Vera Eory – Scotland’s Rural College 
•    Lena Kitzing - Technical University of Denmark 
•    Kati Kulovesi – University of Eastern Finland
•    Lars J. Nilsson – Lund University
•    Åsa Persson – KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Climate Action Centre
•    Keywan Riahi – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis 
•    Jean-François Soussana – French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment 
•    Giorgio Vacchiano – University of Milan
•    Detlef van Vuuren – PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
•    Zinta Zommers – University of Toronto