Massimo TAVONI

During the Seventeenth IAMC Annual Meeting held online on 4-6 November 2024, the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium was proud to honour Massimo TAVONI **([EIEE](https://www.eiee.org/) and [PoliMI](https://www.som.polimi.it/en/professor/massimo-tavoni/))** with the **Extraordinary Contributions to the field of Integrated Assessment Modeling** **Award.** This year’s Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the field of IAM went to **Massimo Tavoni**, in recognition of his cumulative contribution to the IAM community. Massimo has made **pioneering scientific contributions** on - the **economics of climate change mitigation pathways** connecting endogenous learning and innovation, finance, consumer behaviour, climate change damages and distributional impacts with integrated assessment modeling - on **the assessment of feasibility and robustness of scenarios in integrated assessment modeling** connecting them to uncertainty, decision and policy analysis - progressed in numerous projects, including an ERC starting grant (COBHAM) and ERC consolidator grant (EUNICE). **Massimo left a large mark on science-based policy advice** - in particular as IPCC lead author in AR5 (work on mitigation costs and distributional impacts) and AR6 (work on feasibility assessment of mitigation pathways) **and provided outstanding service to the community**, e.g. by - mentoring early career researchers - co-directing the international energy workshops - establishing the EIEE at CMCC - hosting the IAMC secretariat for the past six years at CMCC