Dr. Diana Anne Vorsatz

Dr. Diana Anne Vorsatz is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at Central European University (CEU) and Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since July 2023. She previously served as Vice-Chair of IPCC Working Group III (Mitigation) during the Sixth Assessment cycle and as a Coordinating Lead Author for the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports (AR4 and AR5).

She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Diana has led and contributed to major international projects for organisations such as the European Commission, UNEP, the World Bank, and OECD.

She serves as an Associate Editor of Global Environmental Change Advances and is an ICLEI Global Executive Committee Member, Urban Research and Innovation Portfolio. She is also the Vice President of the Hungarian Panel on Climate Change and a member of the Scientific Advisory and Review Board (SARB) of IIASA.

A recognised leader in climate science on the mitigation side, she has delivered over 300 keynote speeches globally and provided expert advice on the science-policy interface, including for the EU’s Joint Research Centre and the European Research Council. She has served on numerous governing and advisory boards and frequently appears in high-profile media outlets, including BBC World News, The New York Times, and EuroNews.