Nebojsa Nakicenovic (also Nebojša Nakićenović) (born 1949,

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, (former)

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) is an energy economist.

Biography

He is Former Deputy Director General/ Deputy CEO of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA) in

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, Austria and former Full Professor of Energy Economics at the

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, Austria. He is originally from

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and is now citizen of Austria. He holds a bachelor's degree (B.A.) in Economics, from

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, Princeton, NJ, United States, Masters (M.A.) and Doctorate Degree (Ph.D) in Economics and Computer Science from the

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, Austria, and a Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) Honoris Causa in Engineering Sciences, from the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

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, Russia. In 2018, Nakicenovic was inducted into the

International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences (IASCYS) is an honor society initially created by the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR). The academy identifies outstanding scientists in systems and cybernetics and e ...

. Nebojsa Nakicenovic has been involved in all Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2000, he published, together with Robert Swart, the

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. He was the Director of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA), which was published in 2012. He was Member of the Steering Committee of the Austrian Assessment Report On Climate Change 2014, which was published in September 2014. He is a Member of several (international) scientific advisory boards and initiatives, amongst others: the German Advisory Council on Global Change, Earth League, the Steering Committee of Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), the

Global Carbon Project The Global Carbon Project (GCP) is an organisation that seeks to quantify global greenhouse gas emissions and their causes. Established in 2001, its projects include global budgets for three dominant greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide (), methan ...

, the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy For All, and the Climate Change Centre Austria. In November 2020 he was appointed to the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission.

Editorial Membership

* '' Journal on Technological Forecasting and Social Change'' * ''Climate Policy'' * ''

Energy Policy Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy conversion, distribution and use as well as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to contri ...

'' * '' Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability'' * ''Ecosystem Health and Sustainability'' * ''

The Scientific World Journal ''The Scientific World Journal'' (formerly, ''The ScientificWorldJournal'') is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering fields in the life sciences ranging from biomedicine to environmental sciences. It was established in 2001 and is publish ...

'' * ''Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions'' * ''Journal of Energy Strategy Reviews''

References

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