Curriculum Vitae Prof. Jan Christoph Minx, PhD Personal Details Name: Jan Christoph Minx Date of birth: 2 nd November 1976 Nationality: German Address: Hertie School of Governance, Quartier 110, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin, German. Email: minx@hertie-school.org Phone: +49 (0)30 259 219 352 Employment History 01/2015 to present Professor for Science Policy and Sustainable Development, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany 01/2015 to present Head of Working Group on Applied Sustainability Science, Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany 06/2011 to 09/2015 Head of Technical Support Unit, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group III, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany. 11/2010 to 05/2011 Senior Research Fellow, Department for Sustainable Engineering, Prof. Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany 02/2010 to 05/2011 Senior Research Fellow and Co-Leader of Research Area Sustainable Human Settlements and Infrastructure, Department for the Economics of Climate Change, Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany 04/2008 to 10/2010 Senior Research Fellow and Project Leader, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, UK 11/2005 to 03/2008 Research Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, UK (during PhD) 07/2005 to 10/2005 Visiting Researcher at Research Institute of Professions (FFB), University of Lüneburg, Germany (during PhD) 09/2004 to 12/2004 Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Local Government Studies (AKF), Copenhagen, Denmark (during PhD) Education 10/2002 to 05/2007 Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and Management, Environment Department, University of York, UK 10/2001 to 09/2002 M.Sc. in Environmental Economics, Environment Department, University of York, UK (degree: summa cum laude, best degree result) 10/1998 to 09/2001 Studies of Economics and Political Science, University of Cologne, Germany 1
08/1995 to 07/1997 Studies of Orchestra Music as youth and regular student, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyPast & Present Professional Affiliations & Academic Awards 06/2012 to present Member of the Editorial Board of Economic Systems Research 10/2009 to present Referee (Vertrauensdozent) and Selection Committee Member of Heinrich Böll Foundation s scholarship programme in Germany 10/2010 to 10/2011 Associate at the New Responsibiliy Foundation s Think Tank (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung), Berlin. 05/2009 to 10/2010 Member of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) 10/2002 to 09/2005 University of York Research Scholarship 10/2000 to 06/2002 Heinrich Böll Foundation Scholarship Presentations And Invited Talks Global and European Climate Policy: The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, December 2012. 2 C or not 2 C: A synthesis of the IPCC Fifth Assesment Report, Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, November 2012. Mitigation of Climate Change 2014: The IPCC Fifth Assesment Report, World Health Organization, Bonn, Mai 2014. Mitigation of Climate Change 2014: The IPCC Fifth Assesment Report, Technische Universität, Wien, April 2014. Preparing an IPCC assessment., Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, September 2013. The Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change Mitigation: Summarizing the main insights of the Second Order Draft., Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum, Bonn, February 2013. Reiche Länder verursachen zunehmend CO 2 Emissionen in ärmeren Ländern. Research Seminar, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, January 2012. How to produce a good IPCC assessment. Lessons learned at the science-policy interface. Community Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 2010. Herausforderungen einer sinnvollen Arbeitsteilung zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft. Deutsche IPCC Jahrestagung, Gera, März 2012. GHG metrics in the Working Group III Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. Workshop on GHG emission metrics, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn, May 2012. 2
Low stabilization and new long term scenarios from the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN). Workshop on increasing the level of ambition in international climate change policy, SBSTA, United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn, May 2012. New long term scenarios from the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN). Research dialogue, SBSTA, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn, May 2012. IPCC Sonderbericht zu erneuerbaren Energiequellen und der Verminderung des Klimawandels. Workshop organized for European Commissioner Oettinger, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, June 2012. International trade, emisson transfers and the carbon footprint of cities., Annual Meeting of Local City Councils, Helsinki, January 2011. The carbon footprint of cities and infrastructures. Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Berlin, January 2011. Attributing global carbon releases to local consumption activities: methods and applications. Workshop on Cities and Infrastructures, Global Carbon Project, Vienna, March 2011. CO 2 emissions in global resource flow networks. IPCC Expert Meeting on Human Settlements and Infrastructures, Kolkata, March 2011. Reflecting uncertainty reconciling deductive and inductive modeling of bioenergy systems. Research Seminar Series, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research, May 2011. Decoupling resource use and human well-being? Kongress Jenseits des Wachstum, Berlin, May 2011. Klimawandel als Randbedingung für Industrieentwicklung, Verein der Freunde des Instituts für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fabrikbetrieb des Technischen Universität Berlin e.v., 24.6.2011, Berlin. The determinants of energy use in households: The role of spatiality and infrastructures. International workshop on human settlements and infrastructures, Technische Universität Berlin, September 2011. Lebensstile in einer öko-suffizienten Gesellschaft. Alumni Salon, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, September 2011. The role and governance of geoengineering in responding to climate change. Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Berlin, November 2011. A geodemoraphic approach to calculating scope 3 emissions at the local level. Workshop on scope 3 emission reporting for local governments, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Januar 2010 A geodemographic approach to calculating carbon footprints at the local level. Trade, lifestyles and the carbon footprint of cities. Annual COST Workshop, Lyon, May 2010. A brief introduction to climate change science. Begleitprogramm Winterakademie, Theather an der Parkaue, Berlin, July 2010. 3
Developing a pragmatic approach to assess urban metabolism in Europe. Final scientific workshop, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, July 2010. The carbon footprint of cities: Linking global supply chains and local consumption Activities. Conaccount Conference, Tokyo, October 2010. Understanding the drivers behind the changing carbon footprint of services: a trade-linked analysis. Eco-Balance Conference, Tokyo, October 2010. Understanding changes in UK CO 2 emissions. Final project workshop, UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, March 2009. Developing REAP Sweden. Stakeholder Workshop, City Council, Malmo, March 2009. Applications of sustainable consumption and production models. Workshop on Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles, European Environment Agency, May 2009. Which way to Climate Justice? Concept for reaching a fair global deal. Local Government Climate Leadership Summit, Copenhagen, June 2009. Small area carbon footprint estimates opportunities and challenges for city-scale research. Netzwerk Europa, Akadmie Berlin-Schmöckwitz, July 2009. Trade and climate change policy. Annual Meeting of the UK Energy Research Centre, London, August 2009. Local greenhouse gas emissions in a globalized world. Trade, lifestyles and the carbon footprint of cities. Research Seminar Series, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, September 2009. Kyoto Re-assessed. Gedanken zu einem gerechten Weg aus der Klimakrise. Alumni Salon, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, October 2009. The carbon footprint of swedish municipalities. Workshop on sustainable governance, WWF Sweden, Malmo, November 2009. Contribution of product groups to climate change. Project Workshop, UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, July 2008. GHG emissions in the global supply chain of food products consumed in the UK. International Input-Output Conference, Seville, July 2008. Determining the carbon footprint from housing and associated lifestyles in the UK. FONA Conference on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Berlin, September 2008. Consumer emission accounting. Side Event, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Poznan, December 2008. Climate labelling methods. Workshop on carbon footprinting methodologies, UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, April 2007. Broadening and deepening LCA methodologies. Reviewer presentation, CALCAS project workshop, Leiden, June 2007. Revealing structures. Using qualitative methods to compare production systems in alternative measurement units. International Input-Output Conference, Istanbul, July 2007. 4
The carbon footprint of schools. Workshop on low carbon government services, UK Sustainable Development Commission, London, August 2007. Development of a carbon footprinting standard for products. A critical review. Stakeholder Workshop, Carbon Trust, London, October 2007. Projects Technical Support Unit für den Vorsitzenden der Arbeitsgruppe 3 des Weltklimarats IPCC (~ 6.000.000), Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), 2008-2015, Project leader 2011-2015. Sustainable manufacturing shaping global value creation: Work package on macroeconomic sustainability assessment (~ 270.000), Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG), Collaborative Research Centre 1026 (Sonderforschungsbereich), 2012-2015, Principal Investigator (Retirement from project after successful application due to new post at Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) The impact of EU consumption of food and non-food projects (~ 75.000), European Commission Directorate Generale Environment, 2011-2012, Work package leader. The carbon footprint of lifestyle groups in the UK (~ 15.000), Carbon Trust UK, 2010, Project leader. One Planet Economy Network EU (OPEN-EU) (~ 300.000), European Commission, 2009-2011, Project team member. Conceptualizing urban metabolism in Europe (~ 35.000), European Environment Agency, 2009-2010, Project leader. Estimates of the carbon embedded in internationally traded products (~ 15.000), Carbon Trust UK, 2009, Project leader. One Planet Mobility European Cities ( 180.000), WWF-UK, 2009-2011, Project leader. UK Energy Research Centre (~ 400.000), UK research councils (ESRC, EPSRC, NERC), Project team member. The contribution of resource efficiency to climate change mitigation (~ 100.000), Waste and Resource Action Programme, UK Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs, 2009-2010, Project team member. REAP Sweden (~ 100.000), WWF-Sweden, 2009-2010, Project leader. Evaluating the resource implications of UK-China trade (~ 10.000), WWF-China, Project leader. Understanding Changes in UK CO 2 Emissions 1992-2004 (~ 20.000), UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2008-2009, Project leader. Low Carbon Cities Partnership: Developing small area estimates of carbon emissions (~ 20.000), Experian Ltd., 2008-2010, Project leader. 5
Understanding the contribution of products to climate change Policies (~ 85.000), UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 2008-2009, Project team member. Methods review to support the PAS for the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services (~ 40.000), UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 2007-2008, Project leader. Developing an indicator for estimating the emissions embedded in UK consumption 1992-2004 (~ 55.000), UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 2006-2007, Project team member. Climate Talk Communicating climate change to the public (~ 70.000), UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 2006-2008, Project team member. The carbon footprint of schools in the UK (~ 35.000), UK Sustainable Development Commission, 2006-2007. Ecological Budget UK: CO 2 emissions, material flows and Ecological Footprint by region and developed country (~ 330.000), Biffaward, 2004-2007, Project team member. 6