Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer
Co-Chair of Working Group III of the IPCC, Director of MCC, Deputy Director and Chief Economist of PIK
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer is Director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), founded jointly by Stiftung Mercator and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). He 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). He is Deputy Director and Chief Economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and is currently leading Research Domain III - Sustainable Solutions, which focuses on research in the field of the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation. He is a member of the Forschungsunion and of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, where he participates in the Climate, Energy and Environment Committee, and advises the World Bank as a member of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform.