Political Developments in Climate Change

Stefan Lechtenböhmer holds the Chair for Sustainable Technology Design at the University of Kassel (Germany) and is one of the Directors of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability. His focus is on deep decarbonisation strategies in energy-intensive processing industries as well as regional, national and international energy and climate scenario analyses and scenarios for a sustainable low-carbon society. He has led and conducted numerous studies on energy and emissions scenario analysis. 

From 2010 to 2023 Stefan Lechtenböhmer was Director of the Department Future Energy and Industrial Systems at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Previously, he was Co-Director of the research groups Future Energy and Mobility Structures (2008-2010) and Energy, Transport and Climate Policy (2004-2007). He holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Management from the International Institute for Management University of Flensburg. He holds a diploma in geography, economics and political science from the University of Münster.

From 2013 to 2023 Stefan Lechtenböhmer was Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Future Energy Systems at Lund University, Sweden. He has published numerous scientific papers in English and German. He is a member of the Steering Group of the G8 Low Carbon Society Research Network and of the UNFCCC Roster of Experts for GHG Inventories, Policies & Measures, GHG Projections.