Joeri Rogelj

2021 Early Career Scientist Award (Europe) Recipient

Joeri Rogelj

Dr. Rogelj’s research has had an exceptional impact on international climate policy. His pioneering work on climate change scenarios changed the global conversation around the feasibility of keeping global warming to 1.5°C in advance of the UN Paris Agreement. His other major contributions that have increased understanding of climate action include studies of the effectiveness of international climate agreements, of carbon budgets and net zero targets for limiting climate change, and of the interaction between climate action and sustainable development. Over the past decade, Dr. Rogelj has played a leading role in international climate science and policy, serving as an author on highly influential reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), providing expert evidence to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serving as the youngest member on the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit Science Advisory Group in 2019.

Participating in a science briefing to the media on the second-to-last day of COP21 in Paris
Group photo of the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report Author Team during its second lead author meeting in Exeter, UK, in 2017
Presenting the 2018 UNEP Emissions Gap Report at the COP24 in Katowice, Poland

Responding to government queries in a contact group at the approval session of the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report in 2018 in Incheon, Korea
Presenting the Summary for Policymakers figures to the delegates of the IPCC at the approval session of the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report in 2018 in Incheon, Korea

At the end of the IPCC at the approval session of the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report in 2018 in Incheon, Korea
Participating in an IPCC side event at COP25 in Madrid
Presenting at the 2018 Climate Change Conference of the DLR and UNOOSA

The 2021 Prize

All 2021 awardees received an original piece of art by scientific photographer Karl Gaff who specializes in microscopy art. Joeri Rogelj received ‘Botanical Heaven’.

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