About: Ottmar Edenhofer

Ottmar Edenhofer
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 Working Group 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 - that focuses on research in the field of the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation. He is member of the Science-Industry Cooperation and member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Workgroup Climate, Energy and Environment. He has published articles in Science, Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Energy Policy and other peer-reviewed journals and authored a number of books. For further information see the Prof Edenhofer's webpage at Pik Institute http://www.pik-potsdam.de/members/edenh

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