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Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC - deputy director and chief economist of PIK

Research Publications Talks Lectures Projects Curriculum vitae In the media Contact details Information for the press		Current activities Ottmar Edenhofer presents his latest publication on the 16. September in Berlin. The report "Global aber gerecht" summarizes the results of a research project co-lead by Michael Reder, Hermann Lotze-Campen and Johannes Wallacher. (pdf of the program)		Nobel Laureat Elinor Ostrom follows Ottmar Edenhofer´s invitation to present this year´s Climate Lecture at the TU Berlin. Pictures and web cast now online!
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer is professor of the Economics of Climate Change (appointment together with the Michael-Otto-Stiftung) at the Technical University Berlin and Co-Chair of the workinggroup III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC which won the Nobel Peace Price 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 at PIK, which focuses on the research on the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation. Ottmar Edenhofer explores the impact of induced technological change on mitigation costs and mitigation strategies. The design of instruments for climate and energy policy is another focus. He also leads and coordinates several externally funded research projects. He has been 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. Together with Michael Grubb, Carlo Carraro and Kai Lessmann, Ottmar Edenhofer led the Innovation Modelling Comparison Project (IMCP). In 2006, the results of IMCP were presented in a seminal Special Issue of The Energy Journal. He is currently supervising several PhD students and diploma 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. His research interests are the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilization, Social Cost-Benefit Analysis, Sustainability Theory, Economic Growth Theory, Environmental Economics, Welfare Theory and General Intertemporal Equilibrium Theory. 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. His research has influenced the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change substantially in particular chapter 10 and 13. Until 2009 he was key climate change advisor to federal foreign minister and deputy-chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Edenhofer has been interviewed by ARD and ZDF several times for their nationwide news. Moreover, interviews with him were published in NATURE, DIE ZEIT, WELT and Sueddeutsche Zeitung. He wrote 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)