Our Team
Climate Topic Leaders
Area of Expertise
- Sustainable Finance
- Renewable Energy and Cleantech Finance
- Crowdinvesting
- Decentralized energy
- Project Finance and Risk Transfer
Focus on essentials
Area of Expertise
- Sustainable Development and Climate Finance
- Organisational Development and capacity building (addressing strategies, procedures, products and services) to align with market needs and changes (global commitments, regulatory requirements, fiduciary standards and social & environmental safeguards)
The road to success is always under construction – Lily Tomlin
Area of Expertise
- Renewable Energy financing
- Crowdinvesting
- Financial Modelling
- Electric Mobility
Area of Expertise
- Climate Finance
- International Climate Policy
- Green Climate Fund
- Education
- Global Trends in Renewable Energy Report
I take it the odds are against us and the situation is grim. […] Sounds like fun! – James T. Kirk
Research Areas
- Environmental and Energy Economics
- Climate Policy
- Climate Finance
- Applied Econometrics
Area of Expertise
- Sustainable Finance Strategy Development
- Professional experience in International Development Cooperation
- Sustainable Energy
- Private Sector Development and Aid Effectiveness
Each and every one of us can make changes in the way we live our lives and become part of the solution.
At first I thought I was fighting to save (rubber) trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity
Strategies for sustainability must take many forms. There is no “one size fits all” approach to the future. (Walker et al.)
Green contains all Colors.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu
This is not our world with trees in it. It’s a world of trees, where humans have just arrived. – Richard Powers, The Overstory
The climate crisis requires unprecedented action – mainstream finance needs to become a driving force.
There is no planet B. We must do what we can today to save our tomorrow.
My house is your house.
Reduce, reuse and recycle – Captain Planet
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, others build windmills – Chinese Proverb
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Dr Jane Goodall, Scientist & Activist
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. – David Attenborough
How sad to think that nature speaks and mankind doesn’t listen – Victor Hugo
The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for – Ernest Hemingway
One day we have to stop dreaming, get our plans out of the drawer and somehow start – Amyr Klink
Nature is our biggest ally and greatest inspiration – David Attenborough
A sustainable future requires actions today
A holistic policy approach that promotes a cost-efficient transformation to a sustainable energy system has to take the interactions and side-effects of its individual policy measures into account.
Today’s challenges require the mobilization of private capital through the smart use of public money, especially for de-risking early stage development activities. The SCAF is an example of such an approach, with a strong opportunity for replication.
Transformation starts in our own heads. Each of us can contribute towards a better future, both at work and in our private life.
We all have a responsibility not only to address tomorrows challenges but yesterdays’ failures.