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Professor Joeri Rogelj is Professor of Climate Science and Policy at the Centre for Environmental Policy in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Imperial College London, where he also serves as Director of Research at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment. He holds a PhD in climate science from ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2013), an MSc in Engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium (2003), and a postgraduate degree in Cultures and Development Studies from KU Leuven (2004). Rogelj's research connects insights from geoscience with energy modelling and climate policy to enhance understanding of solutions that catalyse sustainable global transitions towards a prosperous low-carbon world. His work actively informs the international climate policy debate through dedicated interdisciplinary research and analysis, with a focus on climate change mitigation, societal transformations, and integrated assessment modelling.

Prior to joining Imperial College London in 2018, Rogelj was a principal research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Energy, Climate, and Environment Program. He is a lead author on major Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, including the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, the Sixth Assessment Report Working Group I Technical Summary ('Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis', 2021), and the Fifth Assessment Report Synthesis Report ('Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report', 2014). Other key publications include 'The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview' (2017), 'Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility' (2013), and 'Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2°C' (2016). Rogelj has received the 2021 Early Career Scientist Award (Europe) from the International Science Council for exceptional contributions to science in service of society, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) for science in service of humanity. His influential research shapes global climate negotiations, policy frameworks, and efforts to limit warming, evidenced by over 100,000 citations across his publications.