Doç. Dr. ŞİİR KILKIŞ

Şiir Kılkış serves as Vice-Chair of IPCC's Working Group III on mitigation since her election in July 2023. She served as a Lead Author of the Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, focusing on mitigation options, urban systems, and sustainable development linkages, and undertook responsibilities in multiple cross-chapter and cross-Working Group collaborations. She has over two decades of experience in climate change mitigation, including its role in pursuing sustainable development. She is senior researcher and science adviser at The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye and is double affiliated to the Middle East Technical University in Ankara as a professor and highly qualified researcher based on appointment by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). Her research focuses on the mitigation potential of urban areas, supply-demand interactions, global and local scales, sustainable development, water resources, and Earth System boundaries. She received her doctorate from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Civil and Architectural Engineering and Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University in Science, Technology and International Affairs where she holds a gold medal in her field, graduating magna cum laude with honors. Alongside international awards, she received a high-level fellowship for her research centered on climate change mitigation and urbanization awarded at the Centennial Year of the Republic of Türkiye. Through her publications, she takes place among the top 2% of scientists in energy, environmental sciences, and enabling/strategic technologies. She served on the Scientific Steering Committee of the Scoping Meeting of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and serves on the Expert Meeting on Climate Change and Health among other scientific committees in the field of climate change.