Dr. Takeshi Kuramochi is a senior climate policy researcher at NewClimate Institute in Cologne, Germany. Since 2018 he is a visiting researcher at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University. Takeshi leads various projects that analyse greenhouse emission scenarios for major emitting economies as well as subnational actors and companies. Takeshi has published more than thirty peer-reviewed articles and numerous other research reports. Since 2016, Takeshi contributes to the annual UNEP Emissions Gap Reports as a lead author on the chapter assessing G20 countries’ progress on emission reductions. Externally, Takeshi serves as a member of the UNFCCC Race to Zero campaign’s External Peer Review Group and Science Base Targets initiative’s Scientific Advisory Group.

Takeshi holds M.Sc. (environmental sciences) and Ph.D. (energy system analysis) degrees from Utrecht University, and a B.Eng. degree in chemical engineering and biotechnology from the University of Tokyo, Japan.