Elena Verdolini is a climate economist. She is Professor of Political Economy (University of Brescia) and leader of the research group on “Sustainable Innovation and Digitalization” at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment. She is the PI of the 2D4D “Disruptive Digitalization for Decarbonization” ERC Starting Grant project, and coordinator of the AdJUST “Advancing the understanding of challenges, policy options and measures to achieve a JUST EU energy transition” Horizon Europe project. She was a Lead Author of the 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC.