Dr. Lambert Schneider

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
• Member of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Key Projects

• Development of a methodology for assessing the quality of carbon offset credits (World Wide Fund for Nature and Environmental Defense Fund)
• Analysis and method development for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (Swedish Energy 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 Offseting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation” (ClimateWorks Foundation)
• Analysis and assessment of the design of an offsetting system for international aviation (German Environment Agency)
• Analysis of the potential for using offset credits from climate mitigation projects for voluntary greenhouse gas offsetting after 2020 (German Environment Agency)
• Member of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Member of the advisory board of the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)

Publications

• Fearnehough, H. / Kachi, A. / Mooldijk, S. / Warnecke, C. / Schneider L.: Future role for voluntary carbon markets in the Paris era. CLIMATE CHANGE 44/2020. German Environment Agency. Report completed in January 2020. Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, November 2020. ISSN 1862-4804. www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/future-role-for-voluntary-carbon-markets-in-the
• Spalding-Fecher, R. / Kohli, A. / Fuessler, J. / Broekhoff, D. / Schneider, L.: Practical strategies to avoid over-selling. Final report. May 2020. Swedish Energy Agency. www.oeko.de/fileadmin/oekodoc/practical-strategies-to-avoid-overselling-final-report.pdf
• Schneider, L. / Healy, S. / Fallasch, F. / De León, F. / Rambharos, M. / Schallert, B. / Holler, J. / Kizzier, K. / Petsonk, A. / Hanafi, A: What makes a high-quality carbon credit? Phase 1 of the “Carbon Credit Guidance for Buyers” project: Definition of criteria for assessing the quality of carbon credits. World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Oeko-Institut. June 2020. https://www.oeko.de/en/publications/p-details/what-makes-a-high-quality-carbon-credit
• Schneider, L. / Graichen, J.: Should CORSIA be changed due to the COVID-19 crisis? Oeko-Institut e.V., Berlin, May 2020. www.oeko.de/fileadmin/oekodoc/Should-CORSIA-be-changed-due-to-the-COVID-19-crisis.pdf
• Broekhoff, D. / Schneider, L. / Tewari, R. / Fearnehough, H. / Warnecke, C.: Options for Improving the Emission Unit Eligibility Criteria under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation. CLIMATE CHANGE 36/2020. German Environment Agency. Report completed in September 2018. Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, October 2020. www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/options-for-improving-the-emission-unit-eligibility
• Moosmann, L. / Urrutia, C. / Siemons, A. / Cames, M. / Schneider, L.: International Climate Negotiations - Issues at stake in view of the COP25 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid. Study for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament, Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, European Parliament. Luxemburg, 2019. www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2019/642344/IPOL_STU(2019)642344_EN.pdf
• Füssler, J. / La Hoz Theuer, S. / Schneider, L.: Transitioning elements of the Clean Development Mechanism to the Paris Agreement. Discussion paper. German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency. Berlin, November 2019. www.dehst.de/SharedDocs/downloads/EN/project-mechanisms/discussion-paper_transitioning_elements.pdf
• Fearnehough, H. / Warnecke, C. / Schneider, L. / Broekhoff, D. / La Hoz Theuer, S.: Offset credit supply potential for CORSIA. Discussion paper. Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, Germany, March 2019
• Schneider, L. / Maosheng, D. / Stavins, R. / Kizzier, K. / Broekhoff, D. / Jotzo, F. / Winkler, H. / Lazarus, M. / Howard, A. / Hood, C.: Double counting and the Paris Agreement Rulebook. In: Science  11 Oct 2019, Vol. 366, Issue 6462, pp. 180-183. DOI: 10.1126/science.aay8750 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6462/180
• Doppelzählungen im internationalen Emissionshandel - Blogbeitrag von Lambert Schneider
• Schneider, L. / Day, T. / La Hoz Theuer, S. / Warnecke, C.: CDM supply potential up to 2020, Discussion paper. Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, Germany, August 2017, https://www.dehst.de/SharedDocs/downloads/EN/project-mechanisms/CDM-Supply-Potential-up-to-2020.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
• Schneider, L. / Lazarus, M. / Lee, C. / van Asselt, H.: Restricted linking of emissions trading systems: options, benefits, and challenges. In: International Environmental Agreements. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-017-9370-0 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9370-0
• Schneider, L. / La Hoz Theuer, S.: Using the Clean Development Mechanism for nationally determined contributions and international aviation. Assessment of impacts on global GHG emissions. Stockholm Environment Institute Project Report 02/201, https://www.sei.org/publications/clean-development-mechanism-nationally-determined-contributions-aviation/
• Schneider, L. / Füssler, J. / Kohli, A. / Graichen, J. / Healy, S. / Cames, M. / Broekhoff, D. / Lazarus, M. / La Hoz Theuer, S. / Cook, V.: Robust Accounting of International Transfers under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, Discussion paper. Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, Germany, October 2017, https://www.dehst.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/projektmechanismen/Robust_accounting_paris_agreement_discussion_paper_28092017.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
• Broekhoff, D. / Füssler, J. / Klein, N. / Schneider, L. / Spalding-Fecher, R.: Establishing Scaled-Up Crediting Program Baselines under the Paris Agreement: Issues and Options. Partnership for Market Readiness, Technical Note 15, November 2017, Washington D.C., https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28785 
• La Hoz Theuer, S. / Schneider, L. / Broekhoff, D. / Kollmuss, A.: International transfers under Article 6 in the context of diverse ambition of NDCs. Environmental integrity risks and options to address them. Stockholm Environment Institute, Working Paper 2017-10, Stockholm, November 2017. https://www.sei.org/publications/international-transfers-article-6-ndcs/
• Fearnehough, H. / Day, T. / Warnecke, C. / Schneider, L.: Marginal cost of CER supply and implications of demand sources. Discussion Paper. Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, Germany, March 2018. https://www.dehst.de/SharedDocs/downloads/EN/project-mechanisms/Marginal-cost-of-CER-supply
• La Hoz Theuer, S. / Schneider, L. / Broekhoff, D.: When less is more. Can limits to international transfers under Article 6 help address environmental integrity risks? In: Carbon Mechanisms Review, 1, 2018, pages 21-28. http://www.carbon-mechanisms.de/en/2018/cmr-1-2018-rethinking-additionality/
• Schneider, L. / Conway, D. / Kachi, A. / Hermann, B.: Crediting Forest-related Mitigation under International Carbon Market Mechanisms: A Synthesis of Environmental Integrity Risks and Options to Address Them. Discussion paper prepared for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Berlin, September 2108. https://newclimate.org/2018/09/19/crediting-forest-related-mitigation-under-international-carbon-market-mechanisms/
• Schneider, L. / Warnecke, C. / Day, T. / Kachi, A.: Operationalising an 'overall mitigation in global emissions' under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Berlin / Cologne, 21 November 2018. https://newclimate.org/2018/11/21/operationalising-an-overall-mitigation-in-global-emissions-under-article-6-of-the-paris-agreement/
• Schneider, L. / Cludius, J. / La Hoz Theuer, S.: Accounting for the linking of emissions trading systems under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP), Berlin, November 2018. https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/news-archive/591-accounting-for-linking-of-ets-under-art-6-of-paris-agreement
• Schneider, L. / La Hoz Theuer, S.: Environmental integrity of international carbon market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement. In: Climate Policy, Volume 19, Issue 3, pages 386-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2018.1521332
• La Hoz Theuer, S. / Schneider, L. / Broekhoff, D.: When less is more: Limits to international transfers under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. In: Climate Policy, Volume 19, Issue 4, pages 401-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2018.1540341
• Warnecke, C. / Schneider, L. / Day, T. / La Hoz Theuer, S. / Fearnehough, H.: Robust eligibility criteria essential for new global scheme to offset aviation emissions. In: Nature Climate Change, Volume 9, Issue 3, pages 218-221. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0415-y
• Schneider, L.: Carbon Markets under the Paris Agreement: How Can Environmental Integrity Be Ensured? PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL. 162 pages. ISBN 978-94-6343-913-8. https://doi.org/10.18174/472613
• Schneider, L. / Kollmuss, A. / Lazarus, M.: Addressing the risk of double counting emission reductions under the UNFCCC. In: Climatic Change, Volume 131, Issue 4 (2015), Page 473-486. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1398-y
• Kollmuss, A. / Schneider, L. / Zhezherin, V.: Has Joint Implementation reduced GHG emissions? Lessons learned for the design of carbon market mechanisms, Stockholm Environment Institute Working Paper No. 2015-07, http://www.sei-international.org/publications?pid=2803
• Schneider, L. / Kollmuss, A.: Perverse effects of carbon markets on HFC-23 and SF6 abatement projects in Russia. In: Nature Climate Change, Volume5, Issue 12, pages 1061–1063, DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2772

Professional Training and Career

Lambert Schneider studied environmental and chemical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. From 1999 to 2000 he worked with Berliner Energieagentur as project engineer. From 2000 to 2009 he worked as researcher at Öko-Institut on energy and climate policy. From 2001 to 2008 he was a member of the German delegation in the UN climate negotiations, working mainly on reporting and review of greenhouse gas inventories, accounting, and international carbon market mechanisms. From 2005 to 2010 he was a member of the Methodologies Panel of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). In 2010 he joined the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) leading a team that worked on developing and improving methodologies for quantifying emission reductions and supporting UNFCCC negotiations. From 2012 to 2019 he was Associate to Stockholm Environment Institute in the area of climate policy, carbon markets and energy policy. Since 2013 he is a member of the CDM Executive Board; in 2014 he served as Vice-Chair and in 2015 as Chair of the Board. In 2019 he joined Öko-Institut as Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy.