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Profile: Dr. Lambert Schneider (Oeko-Institut)

Dr Lambert Schneider first came across the Oeko-Institut in a Hamburg bookstore in the late 1980s, when he picked up a copy of the “Energy Turnaround” study when he was just 18. “I applied for an internship at the Institute while I was still a student – unsuccessfully at first, but then it worked out.”

Christiane Weihe

Dr Lambert Schneider first came across the Oeko-Institut in a Hamburg bookstore in the late 1980s, when he picked up a copy of the “Energy Turnaround” study when he was just 18. “I applied for an internship at the Institute while I was still a student – unsuccessfully at first, but then it worked out.”

“The Oeko-Institut has repeatedly drawn attention to shortcomings in the trading of emission allowances and advocated for more robust rules. This has had a direct impact on the regulation of the market.”   

Dr Lambert Schneider was initially employed at the Oeko-Institut until 2009. “Then I moved on; I wanted to broaden my horizons. I led a team at the UNFCCC secretariat, among other things.” He rejoined the Oeko-Institut in 2019 as the Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy.  He is also a long-standing member of the EU delegation at the international climate negotiations and is involved in various international bodies working on integrity in international carbon markets. “This topic is particularly close to my heart; that’s why I worked with WWF and Environmental Defense Fund on setting up the Carbon Credit Quality Initiative.”

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Special Expertise

  • International climate policy and UN climate negotiations
  • International carbon market mechanisms and emissions trading
  • Quantification and accounting of greenhouse gas emissions
  • Voluntary offsetting of greenhouse gas emissions
  • Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation

Key Projects

  • Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI)
  • Support of the EU in international climate negotiations on carbon markets
  • Member of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
  • Co-Chair and member of the Expert Panel of the Integrity Concil for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)
  • Scientific support for the design of an EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (German Environment Agency)
  • Land use as a sector for market mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (German Environment Agency)
  • Technical support for the development of “Guidelines for Avoiding Double Counting for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation” (ClimateWorks Foundation)
  • Analysis of the potential for using offset credits from climate mitigation projects for voluntary greenhouse gas offsetting after 2020 (German Environment Agency)

Professional Training and Career

  • Studied environmental and chemical engineering at TU Berlin
  • 1999-2000: Project engineer with Berliner Energieagentur
  • 2000-2009: Researcher at the Oeko-Institut – Energy & Climate Division
  • 2005-2010: Member of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Methodologies Panel
  • 2010-2012: UNFCCC Secretariat (team leader)
  • 2012-2019: Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute
  • Since 2013: Member of the CDM Executive Board
  • Since 2019: Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy at the Oeko-Institut

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