Advisory Board

Advisory Board

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board of the LIFE ENSPIRE project includes:

• Jos Delbeke, EIB European Chair for Climate Change. Jos Delbeke, EIB European Chair for Climate Policy and International Carbon Markets at the European University Institute
• Simone Borghesi, Director of FSR Climate, the climate change research group of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute (EUI) and full professor of economics at the University of Siena
• Wojciech Burkiewicz, Deputy Director, Economic Department of the European Union, Chancellery of the Prime Minister
• Karsten Neuhoff, Director, Climate Policy Department, DIW Berlin
• Artur Runge-Metzger, former Director in DG CLIMA of the European Commission responsible for Strategy, Climate Governance and Emissions from Non-ETS Sectors, Florence School of Regulation (FSR)
• Stefano Verde, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena
• Adam Cwetsch, Head of the European Green Deal Unit, Energy Community Secretariat
• Toon Vandyck, Economist and researcher at KU Leuven, associated with the CEDON research group
• Neven Duić, Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Zagreb and Vice-President of the Croatian Academy of Engineering
• Pavlo Masiukov, Director of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Dr Jos Delbeke is the incumbent of the inaugural European EIB Chair on Climate Policy and International Carbon Markets at the European University Institute. He previously served as Director General of the European Commission’s DG Climate Action (2010-2018). Jos Delbeke played a pivotal role in establishing the EU’s climate and energy policy targets for 2020 and 2030, and in the development of EU legislation pertaining to the EU ETS, automobiles and fuels, air quality, emissions from major industrial installations, and chemicals (REACH). He developed the European Union’s climate change strategy at international level and served as the European Commission’s chief negotiator at the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, playing a key role in the EU’s implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and in the negotiations on the Paris Agreement.

Dr Simone Borghesi is the director of FSR Climate, the climate change research group of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute, and a full professor of economics at the University of Siena. He is the incumbent President of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE). In addition to his other roles, he serves as Secretary General of the Policy Outreach Committee of EAERE, the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The subject of this study was awarded a Master of Science degree in Economics from University College London in 1996, and subsequently went on to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the European University Institute in 2001. He was employed at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC (1998), at the Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei in Milan (1999), and as Assistant Professor at the University of Pescara (2004-2008). He has held research internships at the following institutions: INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Grenoble, 2013), the Department of Land Economy of the University of Cambridge (2015), and the Centre of Economic Research of the ETH in Zurich (2016).

Wojciech Burkiewicz is a Deputy Director of the EU Economic Department in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. He is responsible for providing support to Polish sherpas in the EU in the area of climate-energy (since 2018). He is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, where his specialisations were econometrics and international relations. In 2004, he assumed a position at the Polish Office for European Integration (subsequently incorporated into the Chancellery of the Prime Minister). He was instrumental in providing analysis and advising the Polish government during negotiations on the new Financial Perspectives for 2007-2013, the Lisbon Treaty, the Climate and Energy Package for 2013-2020, the EU’s position for the global climate negotiations (COP15), and the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020. Furthermore, the individual in question was also seconded to the Polish Embassy in London, where he assumed a leadership role in the Economic Section.

Dr Karsten Neuhoff is the incumbent head of the Climate Policy Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and concurrently serves as a Professor at the Institute of Economics and Law at the Technical University of Berlin. He holds a PhD in economics from the Technical University of Berlin and a PhD in economics from the University of Cambridge, as well as a master’s degree in physics from the University of Heidelberg. His research is centred on the economics and financing of transition in energy, industry and construction. The subject’s research focuses on the investigation of methodologies for the design of policies and markets, with a view to achieving climate neutrality. In research and advisory projects for national governments, the European Commission and international organisations, and as a board member of the Climate Strategies research network, he brings together multidisciplinary teams and engages stakeholders on issues of improving the quality, relevance and use of research. He is a co-author of two publications: the first is entitled ‘Planetary Economics: Energy, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development’ and the second, ‘Climate Policy after Copenhagen: The Role of the Carbon Price’.

Dr Artur Runge-Metzger was formerly Director at the European Commission. Until his retirement at the beginning of 2021, he was responsible for a number of areas of EU climate policy. These included international climate science within the IPCC and international modelling cooperation. He was also responsible for the development of national and international climate strategies. These included the European Green Deal, a roadmap for achieving climate policy goals by 2030. Another area of responsibility was the EU’s recovery and resilience programme. This programme aimed to achieve EU climate neutrality by 2050. He has overseen overall governance, including monitoring progress on EU climate action, regulating greenhouse gas emissions from non-ETS sectors (including buildings, road transport, decarbonisation of fuels, land use, land use change and forestry, waste, carbon capture, use and storage), and supporting innovation and modernisation in EU energy and industry (e.g. the creation of the Innovation and Modernisation Fund). He was a member of the Board and Bureau of the European Environment Agency and the Steering Board of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFIS) at the European Investment Bank. Prior to the Paris Agreement in 2015, he presided over the international climate negotiations and the formulation of the European Union’s climate strategy. From 2013 to 2014, he served as co-chair of the ad hoc working group that prepared the Paris Agreement. From 2010 to 2012, he held the position of Vice-President of the UNFCCC Office. Until mid-2003, he served as a representative of the Commission in outposts in Sarajevo and Harare, while also occupying various positions in Brussels. Until 1993, he was engaged in research at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute in Ghana and taught agricultural and natural resource development economics at the Georg August University in Göttingen. He holds a PhD in agricultural economics.

Dr. Stefano F. Verde is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Siena. Prior to assuming his position at the University of Siena, he served as Deputy Director of the Florence School of Regulation – Climate. He holds a BA in Economics (2006) from the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, an MA in Economics (2007) from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and a PhD in Economics (2013), also from Trinity College Dublin. Verde’s specialisms lie in the realm of climate change policy, with a particular focus on carbon pricing instruments (including carbon trading and carbon taxation), and the consequences of these instruments at both domestic and international levels. The focus of the author’s research extends to a range of disciplines, including public economics, environmental economics and energy economics. He has participated in numerous research projects, assuming leadership roles in several of these. These include LIFE DICET (deepening international cooperation on emissions trading), LIFE SIDE (supporting the implementation and development of the EU ETS) and FRESCO – the future of the renewable energy community.

Adam Cwetsch is the Head of the European Green Deal Unit at the Energy Community Secretariat. His research focuses on two main areas: energy market analysis and the integration of renewables in South East European countries. He has experience in energy regulation and supports member countries in aligning with the EU energy acquis.

Toon Vandyck is an economist and researcher at KU Leuven, affiliated with the CEDON research group. His research interests include environmental economics, public policy design and quantitative modelling. Prior to assuming his position at KU Leuven, he served as the head of the modelling and forecasting team at the OECD Environment Directorate, and also contributed to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Seville.

Neven Duić is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Zagreb and vice-president of the Croatian Academy of Engineering. His research focuses on energy policy, energy planning, energy economics, sustainability policy and climate change mitigation. Professor Duić also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, and he is actively involved in international research projects and scientific conferences.

Pavlo Masiukov is the Director of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Project, which is being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The individual possesses a wealth of experience in the domain of policy.