Werner Kutsch

Dr Werner Kutsch is Director General of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) since March 2014. He is biologist, plant ecologist and ecosystem scientist by education and has worked on ecosystem carbon cycling for 25 years in Europe and Africa. The focus of his work has been on climate and land use change impacts on ecosystems and on integrating complex landscapes. As DG, he is the legal representative and overall coordinator of ICOS which is Participating Organisation in GEO and other global data integration initiatives supporting the usage of in-situ observations for improving climate action.