Laura Diaz Anadon

Laura Díaz Anadón (Spanish, American) is a Professor of Climate Change Policy and Director of the Centre for Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Governance at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). She was recently a visiting scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, Cambridge (USA) and in 2022 she was awarded a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Tsinghua University (China). Her research sits at the intersection of climate, energy and innovation policy, with a focus on fiscal and regulatory policy, and on accelerating the development and deployment of novel technologies in the energy sector. 

Laura Díaz Anadón is Lead Author for the WG III contribution to the IPCC AR6 (chapter on Innovation, technology development and transfer). She was also a member of the Economics of Decarbonisation Advisory Group for the Net Zero Review undertaken by the United Kingdom’s Government in 2020/2021. 

Laura Díaz Anadón holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom).

Professor Díaz Anadón was elected Vice-Chair for a two-year term at the Advisory Board meeting held in Brussels on 14 -15 April 2026, marking her second term after serving as Vice-Chair during the Advisory Board’s first mandate.

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