Uli Lehr, Head of Socio-Economics at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), joins us this week to discuss the human costs of decarbonizing heavy industries and the role governments and multi-national organizations need to play in the push for a just and equitable transition in the industry sector.

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Guest Bio:  Ulrike Lehr is head of Policy (Socio-Economics) at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) headquarters based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She studied physics at the University of Essen (Diploma in 1990) and economics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA USA (M.Sc. 1992).

She received her Ph.D. for a thesis on environmental valuation in 2005 from the University of Hohenheim.

She previously worked as a researcher at the Department of System Analysis and Technology Assessment of the German Aerospace Center (2005-2008) at the Rhine-Westphalia Institute of Economics Research, RWI e.V., Essen; Department of energy policy studies and research (1993-1999).

She has also worked with GWS as a Senior Expert since 2008. She has vast research and consulting experiences with national and international institutions including German Federal Ministries for Economy, Environment, Research, and Education, GIZ, EU, IEA, and as a counselor for twinning projects within the new member states. [GWS]

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This series was produced in collaboration with the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), the group is grounded on the conviction that partnership between the public and private sectors is key to achieving the industrial transition and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century. Learn more here

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