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Energy, climate change and the environment
The Energy, Resources and Climate Change (ERCC) unit specialises in tackling complex policy and regulatory challenges related to the net-zero and green transition. The team provides cutting-edge research and informed policy recommendations in the domains of energy transition and renewables, circularity and sustainability policies, climate policy and industrial decarbonisation, and critical raw materials.
CEPS Staff involved
Next is the list of our inhouse experts working on this topic.
Monica Alessi is a Programme Manager at CEPS since September 2006, in the Energy, Resources and…
Christian Egenhofer is Associate Senior Research Fellow within the CEPS Energy, Resources and Climate Change…
Milan Elkerbout is a Research Fellow and Head of the climate policy programme at CEPS.…
Amin Kassab is Associate Research Assistant in the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit. After…
Irina Kustova is a Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in…
Edoardo Righetti is a Research Assistant in the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit. His…
Vasileios Rizos is heading the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit and is also Head…
Felice Simonelli is an Associate Senior Research Fellow at CEPS. Since 2009 Felice Simonelli has been providing…
Patricia Urban is a Researcher in the Energy, Resources and Climate Change unit at CEPS.…
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