Keywan Riahi

Keywan Riahi is an Austrian scientist and Director of Energy at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). There, he contributes and advises on the United Nations (UN) 2030 climate agenda in the fields of science, technology, and innovation. He is also a Payne Faculty Fellow from the Colorado School of Mines and has held faculty positions at Graz University of Technology in Austria, University of Victoria in Canada, and University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Riahi’s areas of expertise include economic development, sustainable development, energy, mathematics, engineering, and geosciences. He is listed by Reuters as the #1 most influential climate scientist and is among the most cited climate authors in the world. Provided by Wikipedia