Klaus Radunsky

Head Unit of Emission Trading Registry Department

Austrian Federal Environment Agency

            
Klaus Radunsky is the Head of Unit of the Emission Trading Registry Department of the Umweltbundesamt GmbH (Federal Environment Agency) in Austria. He received his Dr. (phil.) in Chemistry at the University of Vienna in 1979 – principal subjects Analytical Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.

In 1975 he started work as Chemical-technical expert at the Federal Ministry for Health and Environmental Protection, Bacteriological-Serological Institute and started to establish Air Quality Monitoring in Austria.

As of 1985 he is now working at the Umweltbundesamt GmbH first as Expert in the Deptartment for Air Quality and as of 1995 as Head of Unit. His main activities and responsibilities include:

Representative of Austria in international fora related to Climate Change issues (UNFCCC:COP, COP/MOP, SBSTA, SBI, AIXG, CEN, ISO, CEPS, IPCC).

Co-ordination of National Monitoring of Air Pollutant Emissions and Air Quality in Austria, EU bodies (Committee under the Monitoring Mechanisms) and National Bodies (IMK, FNA 139, WG5 of FNA 226).