Dr. Kathleen A. Mar
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Kathleen Mar joined the RIFS in 2012 and leads the research group "Climate Action and Sustainability in National and International Processes (ClimAct)," which focuses on questions related to climate and sustainability governance. Her work is characterized by engagement at the science-policy interface, including participation in and research on political processes that aim to address climate change and sustainability. At the national level, the focus is on advancing Germany's National Sustainable Development Strategy; at the international level the focuses is on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
Kathleen holds a Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) prior to joining the RIFS.
Groups
Blog Posts
- Peatlands – Climate Champions or a Source of Emissions?
- Fear and trust in UN climate policy at UNFCCC COP27
- Build Resilience with Cleaner Air: Learning from Covid-19
- Germany’s Covid-19 response is not gender-just: here is why
- Is the Coronavirus “good” for climate change? This question misses the point.
- Live from Madrid
- Outrage vs. Empathy – a Culture Clash in Climate Communication?
- Lung doctors for more pollution? – A Q&A on the debate about limit values
- For Climate and Health: Let’s Step up our Ambition for Clean Air
- Mitigating Climate Change, Brick by Brick
- 2017 to the present RIFS Group Leader
- 2012-2016 RIFS Scientist
- 2008-2012 Environmental Scientist and Air Compliance Officer, United States Environmental Protection Agency (Seattle, Washington, USA)
- 2002-2008 PhD, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Climate and sustainability governance
- Methane
- Non-CO2 climate forcers
- Policy integration
- Integrated approaches to policy making on air quality and climate
- Climate communication