Prof. Dr Daniel Klingenfeld has been head of Department V 3 at the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) within the Federal Environment Agency since March 2021. The department’s main areas of focus are the implementation of the European Emissions Trading Scheme 1 for energy installations, the chemical industry, aviation (including CORSIA) and maritime transport. Furthermore, the department focuses on cross-departmental activities relating to registry management, as well as fundamental economic issues concerning the further development of emissions trading, auctioning and analysis. Together with Department V 4, it is also responsible for the implementation of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

He completed his business studies, which included periods in Jena, Sydney, Paris, London and Berlin, in 2006 with a Master’s degree in International Management from the ESCP Business School. This was followed by postgraduate studies as a McCloy Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, culminating in a Master’s degree in Public Policy in 2008, and subsequent professional work in the USA.

In 2012, Daniel Klingenfeld obtained his PhD from the Technical University of Berlin with a proposal for a global pricing mechanism for greenhouse gases aimed at preventing the dangerous effects of climate change. Whilst working on his dissertation, he also served as an advisor to the Chairman of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Prof. Dr Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. He subsequently took over as Head of the Director’s Office at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), where he remained until moving to the Federal Environment Agency.

As a researcher in the field of climate policy, Prof. Dr Klingenfeld held various teaching posts, including in Rome and Berlin, and published extensively at the intersection of economics, political science and climate research, including on the Paris Agreement. He has been affiliated with Leuphana University Lüneburg since 2015, where he teaches the seminar “Climate Protection as a Joint Endeavour: Solution Strategies at Global, European and (Sub-)National Levels”. Since 2021, he has been an honorary professor at the Faculty of Sustainability.

“For me, the role of Head of Department at the Federal Environment Agency is both a responsibility and an obligation: together with my team, we ensure the reliable implementation of emissions trading and support the further development of this key climate protection instrument in Germany, Europe and worldwide,” says Prof. Dr Klingenfeld.

Contact:

E-mail: emissionshandel@dehst.de