Meet our Ambassador

Santiago Saura

Organisation

Technical University of Madrid (UPM)

Position

Professor

E-mail

santiago.saura@upm.es

Country

Spain

Ambassador Group

Academic

Gender

Male

Biography

Santiago Saura is Professor at Technical University of Madrid (UPM). He is Vice Dean of Research at the School of Forestry and Environmental Engineering of UPM and member of the Research Centre on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development (CBDS) of UPM. He has coauthored about 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, with more than 12,000 citations and H=52 according to Google Scholar, and has coordinated multiple national and international research projects on landscape ecology, forest planning, biodiversity conservation and sustainability. He is Vice President of the Spanish Network for Sustainable Development (REDS), the Spanish chapter of the global Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). From 2019 to 2023 he was Councillor for International Affairs and Cooperation of Madrid City Council, where he led, among others, the adhesion of the city of Madrid to the European climate innovation agency and community EIT Climate-KIC. He was Spokesperson for Environment of the Ciudadanos party in the Madrid City Council in the same period. From 2016 to 2019 he worked in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

Motivation

Climate change mitigation needs action. An action that should happen now and come from all of us. New technologies and solutions should be provided to all citizens and supported by all of them, for their own benefit and for the benefit of the planet. This is in line with the philosophy and the practical outcomes that the Aurora project provides. I am therefore pleased to be one of the Aurora ambassadors and, by doing so, contribute to the shared ambition of a green energy for a better life, future and environment.

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