Diana Ürge-Vorsatz

Dr Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz holds a Ph.D. from the University of California (Los Angeles and Berkeley). She served as the Acting Head of Department in 2002-2003 and directed the PhD program in 2003 – 2004. She was a Visiting Professor at the International Christian University of Tokyo and a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). She served as the Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the major Cities and Climate Change Science conference in Edmonton, 2018. She was a Coordinating Lead Author in both the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports (AR4 and AR5) of the IPCC. She served on the United Nation’s Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change, and led the buildings-related work in the Global Energy Assessment.

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