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Members of the Advisory Board

The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change is composed of 15 senior scientific experts covering a broad range of relevant disciplines.

The members of the Advisory Board are appointed in a personal capacity for a term of four years, renewable once. They give their positions completely independently of the EU Member States and the EU institutions. No more than two members of the Advisory Board can hold the nationality of the same Member State.

The Advisory Board began its second term on 24 March 2026 and comprises the following members (in alphabetical order):

Ottmar Edenhofer
(Chair)
Technische Universität Berlin
Laura Diaz Anadon
(Vice-Chair)
University of Cambridge
Suraje Dessai
(Vice-Chair)
University of Leeds
Annela Anger-Kraavi
University of Cambridge
Constantinos Cartalis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Vera Eory
Scotland’s Rural College
Lena Kitzing
Technical University of Denmark
Kati Kulovesi
University of Eastern Finland
Lars J. Nilsson
Lund University
Keywan Riahi
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Jean-François Soussana
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Giorgio Vacchiano
University of Milan
Detlef van Vuuren
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Zinta Zommers
University of Toronto

Advisory Board membership

Members of the Advisory Board are designated for a term of four years, renewable once. The next selection procedure will take place in 2030.

The current members of the Advisory Board were designated by the Management Board of the European Environment Agency (EEA) on 4 December 2025, following an open, fair and transparent selection procedure.

The EEA issued a call with the aim of designating the members of the Advisory Board from 1 June until 15 September 2025. An Evaluation Committee was then established by the EEA Management Board to identify the most suitable candidates for the Advisory Board established under the European Climate Law.  The EEA Management Board discussed the report from the Evaluation Committee and, based on the Evaluation Committee’s recommendations, designated the members of the Advisory Board.