CF's Exclusive Interview Series - Prof. Thomas Wiedmann

Prof. Thomas Wiedmann is a Professor of sustainability research at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Since 2021, he has also held the position of Adjunct Science Leader at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia. Previously, he served as the Director of the Centre for Sustainability Accounting in York, UK.

He gained industry-wide recognition for his scientific definition of "carbon footprint," published in 2008. He has been actively involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), serving as a lead author of the Sixth Assessment Report and a contributing author of the Fifth Assessment Report. He is a member of the Council of the International Input-Output Association (IIOA) and holds various roles in academic and research committees.

Since 2015, Prof. Wiedmann has been consistently recognized as a "Highly Cited Researcher" by Clarivate Analytics. His expertise spans environmental sustainability, integrated sustainability assessment, environmental footprint analysis, environmental input-output analysis, industrial ecology, circular economy, ecological economics, sustainable consumption and production, climate change mitigation, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).