Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
Glen Peters has been a Senior Researcher at CICERO for ten years, and is now a Research Director. Previously he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Industrial Ecology Programme at NTNU. While at the University of Newcastle (Australia) he received a University Medal and Deans Medal for undergraduate performance (Mathematics/Physics) and the DH Trollope Medal for his PhD (Environmental Engineering). He has twice received the Environmental Science & Technology Best Policy Paper Award (2007, 2009). Dr Peters is a worldwide authority on socio-economic drivers of emissions. He has performed pioneering work on how international trade intricately connects emission drivers in different countries. Recent work has focused on trends in carbon emissions, socio-economic drivers, and future emission pathways at the global and country level (particularly China and India). Other key research areas include emission metrics and the carbon cycle. Dr Peters is on the Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Carbon Project.
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Dec 04, 2019 11:21 am UTC| Insights & Views
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Feb 26, 2019 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
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