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| Born | Ottmar Georg Edenhofer 8 July 1961 |
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| Fields | Economics |
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Ottmar Georg Edenhofer (born 8 July 1961) is a German economist who is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on climate change policy, environmental and energy policy, and energy economics. His work has been heavily cited.[1] Edenhofer currently holds the professorship of the Economics of Climate Change[2] at Technische Universität Berlin. Together with Earth scientist Johan Rockström, economist Ottmar Edenhofer is scientific director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), representing the interdisciplinary and solutions-oriented approach of the institute. Furthermore, he is director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). From 2008 to 2015 he served as one of the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III "Mitigation of Climate Change".
Edenhofer is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). In 2020 Professor Edenhofer was honoured with the most prestigious environmental prize in Germany the Environment Prize (German Environment Foundation) for his groundbreaking work in the field of carbon pricing.[3] Before, he was awarded the Romano-Guardini-Prize by the Katholische Akademie in Bayern.[4]
- ^ "Highly Cited Researchers". Clarivate Web of Science. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "ILAUP: Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer". www.climatecon.tu-berlin.de. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "German President recognises German Environmental Award as "a particularly important message"". German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Edenhofer honored with Romano Guardini Prize". Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.