Reimund Schwarze is Professor of Environmental Economics at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, and Head of the Climate Change and Extreme Events Research Group at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig. Professor Schwarze is a member of the board of the German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV) and scientific advisor to the UNDRR. He specialises in the fields of economics and disaster risk reduction financing.

Responsibilities:

• European and international climate policy

• Economic issues of climate adaptation

• Management of natural hazards.