Assistant Research Professor

Annela Anger-Kraavi has more than 20 years of experience in climate change policy and economics as well as in international climate change negotiations and facilitation. She holds a PhD in Climate Change Economics and MPhil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include analysis of design and impacts of climate change policies on national economies, socioeconomic implications of low-carbon transition, co-impacts such as air pollution of climate change policies, and applied macroeconomics. Annela enjoys working closely with policymakers, businesses and environmental campaigners. She has advised and advises developing and developed country governments and UN bodies, serves on advisory boards of academic bodies and institutions. 

She is a Member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), Vice-Chair of the Policy Advisory Committee's (PAC) Climate Policy Advisors Group (CPAG) of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and a founder of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Women Leaders Network. She is a recent Co-Chair and Member of the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures (KCI) of the UNFCCC, former EU negotiator to the UNFCCC and IPCCand recent Vice-Chair of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). She is also Chief Executive of the Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics, a Member of the Estonian Association for the Club of Rome and a professor at the University of Warsaw, and a visiting professor at the University of Tartu. 

Publications

Effects of decarbonising international shipping and aviation on climate mitigation and air pollution
O Dessens, A Anger, T Barker, J Pyle
Environmental Science & Policy
(2014)
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Ozone and PM related health co-benefits of climate change policies in Mexico
D Crawford-Brown, T Barker, A Anger, O Dessens
Environmental Science & Policy
(2012)
17
A new economics approach to modelling policies to achieve global 2020 targets for climate stabilisation
T Barker, A Anger, U Chewpreecha, H Pollitt
International Review of Applied Economics
(2012)
26
Global carbon dioxide emissions scenarios for aviation derived from IPCC storylines: A meta-analysis
SV Gudmundsson, A Anger
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
(2012)
17
Integrated modelling of climate control and air pollution: Methodology and results from one-way coupling of an energy–environment–economy (E3MG) and atmospheric chemistry model (p-TOMCAT) in decarbonising scenarios for Mexico to 2050
T Barker, A Anger, O Dessens, H Pollitt, H Rogers, S Scrieciu, R Jones, J Pyle
Environmental Science & Policy
(2010)
13
Including aviation in the European emissions trading scheme: Impacts on the industry, CO2 emissions and macroeconomic activity in the EU
A Anger
Journal of Air Transport Management
(2010)
16
Including Aviation Emissions in the EU ETS: Much ado about nothing?
A Anger, J Köhler
Transport Policy
(2010)
17
Effects of climate control on air pollution: Coupling an energy-environment-economy global model (E3MG) and atmospheric chemistry model (p-TOMCAT) in decarbonising international transport
O Dessens, T Barker, H Rogers, A Anser, R Jones, J Pyle
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
(2009)
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Centre Highlights

• July 2025: The PACESETTERS project launches one of its Real-World Labs (RWL) in Galway, marking a key milestone in the project's mission to connect creative practice with climate transformation. Prof. Annela Anger-Kraavi gives a talk "Where Are We Now?" sharing insights on what's needed to drive meaningful climate transition.

• June 2025: New publication: Compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition

• January 2024: The CCPG have successfully submitted a proposal for PACESETTERS!

• September 2nd 2023: Dr Annela Anger-Kraavi has co-authored a paper analysing just transition narratives in European coal regions. Read the paper here

• December 13th 2022: The CCPG have co-authored a paper on game-changing innovations towards net-zero, published in Energy Strategy Reviews. Read the open access paper here.

• November 15th 2022: The final conference of PARIS REINFORCE is taking place today in Sorbonne. Read more about the event here

• October 24th 2022: The CCPG have successfully submitted a proposal for the Cambridge-Tsinghua joint research initiative! 

• May 5th 2022: We've submitted to the UNFCCC's Global Stocktake (GST). More information is available on our news page. 

• March 23rd 2022: Multiple CAS academics have published a paper investigating the future role of anthropogenic methane emissions. Read the open access paper here.

• Feb 18th 2022: Dr Parris and Dr Anger-Kraavi have co-authored a paper that develops a tool to support co-designed transformative change. Read the open access paper here.

• Dec 16th 2021: Dr Parris has co-authored a paper that introduces a tool to support plastic pollution policy. Read the open access paper here.

• Nov 22nd 2021: Dr Anger-Kraavi has co-authored a paper with Paris Reinforce. Read the open access version here


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