Diana Urge-Vorsatz Email & Phone Number

All views are my own, and not that of the IPCC or CEU.My name is Diana Ürge-Vorsatz. I'm a Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, at the Central European University (CEU) and Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Vice President of the Hungarian Scientific Panel on Climate Change.I hold a Ph.D. from the University of California (Los Angeles and Berkeley). I served as the Acting Head of Department in 2002-2003 and directed the PhD program in 2003–2004. I was a Visiting Professor at the International Christian University of Tokyo and a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.I served as the Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the largest conference to date on Cities and Climate Change Science in Edmonton, 2018. I was a Coordinating Lead Author in both the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports of the IPCC. I served on the United Nation’s Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change, and led the buildings-related work in the Global Energy Assessment. I've worked on and directed many research projects for organisations including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Global Environment Facility, UNEP, the World Energy Council, OECD, the World Bank.I've been serving on the Governing and Advisory boards of several organizations and companies, including the College of EU Commissioners, Innogy, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund, the European Climate Foundation, the UK Energy Research Centre, and the NGO Clean Air Action Group (Chair), RWE, McKinsey (global).I'm regularly invited to high-level review panels, such as for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; the EU’s Joint Research Centre, and several panels in the European Research Council. I'm regularly providing high-level advice on the science-policy interface, such as on behalf of “Science Advice for Policy by European Academies”. I've delivered over 200 keynote speeches worldwide, appears on a weekly basis in the media. I received several awards, including the Hungarian Republic’s Presidential Award “Medium Cross” in 2008, honorary citizen of Budapest since 2022, the “White Lion” award in 2021, and the “Role Model” award in 2009, Moet&Chandon’s research award in 2022. I'm regularly featured on public media as expert on climate and energy related issues, including BBC World News, BBC world service Radio, Euronews and other channels.