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Michael Grubb
Professor
Tel: 44-(0) 1223 335288
Email: mjg7@econ.cam.ac.uk
Interests:Climate change, economics of technical change and of energy systems


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
  • Lead Author for IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Mitigation Working Group, Chapter on cross-sectoral mitigation
  • Member of writing team for Policymakers Summary and Technical Summary of the Third Assessment Report, Mitigation (WG-III) (2000-2001)
  • Convening lead author for chapter of IPCC Special Report on Technology Transfer (1997-99)
  • Lead author for IPCC Technical Paper on Atmospheric Stabilization (1996-7)
  • Lead Author for IPCC Second Assessment Report, Working Group III (1994-95: 3 chapters, leading input on Equity chapter)
Other positions
  • Chairman, Climate Strategies (www.climate-strategies.org)
  • Member, Committee on Climate Change
  • Editor-in-Chief, Climate Policy journal (www.climatepolicy.com)
  • Advisory Comittee, Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
  • Editorial Board, Energy Policy
Advisory Functions
  • Witness to several government Committee enquiries in UK and internationally (inc US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Kyoto Protocol: assessing the status of efforts to reduce GHGs (5th Oct 2005)).
  • Member, Academic Panel for Review of EU ETS Monitoring and Implementation (McKinsey/Ecofys) commissioned by CEC DG Environment, and the Advisory Board of the LIFE consortium project on EU ETS.
Other activities
  • Coordinator, SuperGen consortium on the future of UK electricity: workpackage on System Evolution and Incentives http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/research/supergen/sys-evolution.html
  • Chair, EPSRC/Carbon Trust Carbon Vision Advisory Group (2002-2005)
  • Convenor, Imperial College Professional Training Course on Climate Change Science, Impacts and Mitigation (Annual 2001-5 continuing, http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cpd/climate
  • Organiser, Chatham House annual conference on climate change (1996-2004)
  • Member of President’s Advisory Council, International Association for Energy Economics (1997-98)
  • Council Member, British Institute of Energy Economics (1995-1998)