Matthew Gidden is an associate research scholar at the Center for Global Sustainability and the deputy director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute. He focuses on studying sustainable pathways for meeting societal energy demand while mitigating changes to the climate and environment, engaging across a variety of scientific communities, investigating interdisciplinary issues ranging from anthropogenic emissions effects on climate and human health, to distributive approaches to global and national mitigation.
He is particularly interested in the intersection of energy systems analysis and climate policy, having published widely in the scientific literature, as well as serving as a Lead Author for Chapter 15 (Carbon Dioxide Removal) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 7th Assessment Report. He has contributed to many world leading assessment reports, including the IPCC's AR6, the UNEP Emissions Gap Report, and he serves as a member of the Executive Team of the State of Carbon Dioxide Removal. His work has been published in the high-impact journals including Nature, Science, and PNAS.
Trained as a nuclear engineer, Gidden received his PhD and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and an undergraduate degree in the same field from Texas A&M University. He spent nearly a decade as a senior research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. His research interests include investigating deep mitigation energy system pathways, the effects and impacts of climate change on populations, as well as adaptation options available under different scenarios of the future.
School Authors: Matthew Gidden
Other Authors: Siddharth Joshi, John J. Armitage, Alina-Berenice Christ, Miranda Boettcher, Elina Brutschin, Alexandre C. Köberle, Keywan Riahi, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Joeri Rogelj
