Energy & Climate
Dr. Hannah Förster
Head of Mitigation & Economics subdivision / Senior Researcher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2320-7808
Special Expertise
- National and international climate protection
- Greenhouse gas emission projections
- Detailed assessment towards climate- and energy targets (for the EU and all EU Member States)
- Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action
- Economic analyses and modelling
- Social aspects of climate change, energy and climate protection
- Open Science, Open Data
- Visual science communication
Key Projects
- GHG projections: Further development of the methods and implementation of the European Governance Regulation and the German Federal Climate Change Act (“Poliy Scenarios XII”)
- GHG projections: Further development of the methodologies and implementation of the European Governance Regulation and the Federal Climate Change Act in the 2023 Projection Report (“Policy Scenarios XI)
- Support to the assessment of the Member States’ biennial energy and climate progress reports, the preparation of the Commission’s progress assessment report under the Governance Regulation and under the Climate Law and the Commission’s assessment of the draft and final updated national energy and climate plans - CLIMA/2021/OP/0006
Professional Training and Career
- Since February 2011: Senior Researcher at Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut e.V.) in the Energy and Climate Change Division
- 2008-2011: PostDoc at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research within the ci:grasp project (climate impacts: global and regional adaptation support platform).
- 2007-2008: PostDoc at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research within the EU FP6 project CIRCE
- 09/2007: Doctor in economics (Dr. rer. pol.), University of Potsdam
- 2003-2007: Researcher and PhD student at the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- 12/2002: Graduate degree in economics (Dipl. Economist), University of Potsdam.
Language Skills
- German: mother tongue
- English: fluent
- Norwegian / Danish / Swedish: Good understanding of spoken and written content
- French: Basic knowledge
Contact
Dr. Hannah Förster
- Energy & Climate
- Head of Mitigation & Economics subdivision / Senior Researcher
- Berlin
- +49 30 405085-330
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