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Arno
Behrens
Research Fellow and Head of Energy
arno.behrens@ceps.eu
+32 (0)2 229 39 16
Biography:

Arno Behrens is Head of Energy and Research Fellow at the Unit for Energy and Climate Change of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Before that, he worked as Second Secretary at the German Federal Foreign Office in the context of the 2007 German Presidency of the European Union. Other main cornerstones of his career include the European Commission, the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Main research areas include European responses to energy and climate change issues as well as policy options in support of sustainable development. Mr Behrens is an economist with training in environmental economics and management, as well as in international development. He is about to complete his PhD about the sustainability of current patterns of global natural resource and energy use.

 

Languages: 
German, English, French
Education: 
MA in Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration; PhD candidate, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies of Austrian Universities (IFF), University of Klagenfurt
CEPS Publications :

  • Think Global – Act European
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  • Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe
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  • Time for Action: Immediate Priorities for the Next European Commission
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  • The Financing of the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF)
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  • Learning from the Crisis: A Market Approach to Securing European Natural Gas Supplies
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  • Long-Term Energy Security Risks for Europe: A Sector-Specific Approach
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  • Financial Impacts of Climate Change: What scale of resources is required?
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  • Financing Climate Change: Bailing out the environment in the long-term may be just as important as bailing out financial markets
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  • Financial Impacts of Climate Change: An Overview of Climate Change-related Actions in the European Commission’s Development Coop
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  • Financial Impacts of Climate Change: Implications for the EU Budget
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  • The Future of European Electricity: Choices before 2020
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  • Energy Policy for Europe: Identifying the European Added-Value
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  • Biofuels or Bicycles? Why the European Union should reconsider its biofuels target.
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