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Hard Nuts to Crack! The impact of science on the European climate policy

Science has presented its case, now politics must act: Manfred Fischedick, Director and President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, on challenges and requirements for European Climate Policy.

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Portrait of Manfred Fischedick
Manfred Fischedick
President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Fischedick has been president and scientific director since January 2020 and member of the management board of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy since 2010. In 2008 he was appointed adjunct professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Wuppertal. He is also one of the lead authors of the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Fischedick's main areas of work include transformation and sustainability research, which he promotes primarily through his membership in various climate protection advisory boards.

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