Yogee Chandrasekaran designs visual content for a range of projects at NewClimate Institute. Prior to this, she worked as a freelance editorial illustrator for newspapers and magazines. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Communication from Universität der Künste Berlin and a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design, New York.

Regions are at the centre of the European just transition. This paper examines a selection of regional policies and draws their main success factors and challenges, to provide useful insights to other subnational policymakers in the integration of the just transition to their climate and energy policies.

Viet Nam’s energy transition is gaining momentum. This report explores how shifting to renewables under PDP8 and the JETP will shape the country’s power sector workforce through to 2050.

With the urgent need to cut emissions and ramp up its climate ambitions, the European Union introduced the world’s first carbon border adjustments: the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). CBAM, which introduces a carbon price on carbon-intensive imports to prevent “carbon leakage,” is widely regarded as a pioneering step in aligning trade policy with climate goals. However, concerns remain over its potential impact on international trade, particularly for exporters in regions heavily reliant on carbon-intensive industries. This report examines its potential impact on export-oriented...

With this position paper, NewClimate feeds into the public consultation on the SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard v2.0 draft and shares interpretations of current developments in climate standard-setting.

Dr. Janna Hoppe focuses on tracking countries’ progress towards net-zero emissions by assessing mitigation actions, climate policies, and key drivers of greenhouse gas emissions. Before joining NewClimate, Janna worked at the climate policy think tank Agora Energiewende, where she focused on decarbonisation efforts in the German buildings sector. Prior to that, she was a doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, where she examined the effectiveness of different mitigation policies and public support for the phase-out of carbon-intensive technologies in demand sectors. Janna holds a MSc in...

Lena Stüdeli contributes to NewClimate Institute's mission by supporting strategic communications across its projects and the institute as a whole. She specialises in developing communication strategies and managing and coordinating communication and design processes. A trained translator and editor, she also provides expertise in writing, editing, and proofreading. Before joining NewClimate Institute, Lena served as Deputy Head of Communications at Ecologic Institute in Berlin and previously led GreenBuzz, a network for sustainability professionals based in Zurich. Lena holds a BA in...

Louise Bammel assesses the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate strategies, contributing to the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor. Before joining NewClimate Institute, she worked for the GSCC and Zero Carbon Analytics, an international network of researchers working to make energy transition topics accessible for media and journalists. Prior to that, Lou also worked on data analysis at the European Climate Foundation. Lou holds an MSc in Social Sciences, with a focus on methodology and quantitative techniques, from the University Carlos III in Madrid. She also holds a BA in...

Antoine works on climate responsibility approaches to help companies and civil society organisations deliver climate mitigation beyond their value chains through climate contributions. Prior to joining NewClimate Institute, he co-developed and coordinated the Global Observatory of Climate Action for the Climate Chance association in Paris, where he led research on climate action by companies, local governments, and civil society organisations. As a freelance researcher, he investigated the connections between deep-sea mining and the defence-military ecosystem. Antoine holds a Master’s degree...

Liza Berisha is responsible for IT support and administration at NewClimate Institute. Prior to joining the organization, she served as the IT Department Team Lead for a European hostel chain for four years and worked as a freelance network engineer for two years. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, along with multiple certifications from R.I.T. Kosovo.

Pablo specialises in researching and developing sector benchmarks aligned with the Paris Agreement goals, focusing on chemicals, plastics and renewables. He is also part of the Climate Action Tracker team, contributing to the assessment of national climate commitments and policies. Prior to joining NewClimate Institute, he worked as a project officer for the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency in the Innovation Fund programme. He holds a Master’s in Sustainability Science and Technology from the Polytechnical University of Catalunya and the Norwegian University of...

This report assesses the extent to which the design of H2Global and the BMWK pilot tender address sustainability.