Daniel Klingenfeld
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Daniel Klingenfeld, MPP, M.Sc. WBGU Research Analyst German Advisory Council on Global Change to the Federal Government (WBGU) Tel: +49-331-288-20726 E-mail: daniel.klingenfeld@pik-potsdam.de Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegraphenberg A31 P.O. Box 60 12 03 14412 Potsdam |
Curriculum Vitae
Daniel Klingenfeld, born in 1980, has been working at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research since September 2009. He is research analyst for Professor Schellnhuber at the German Advisory Council on Global Change to the Federal Government (WBGU). In addition, he is writing his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Edenhofer. He holds degrees from the Kennedy School at Harvard University (Master in Public Policy) and ESCP Europe (M.Sc. in Management).
Daniel Klingenfeld studied business administration and intercultural management at Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena. Following an exchange year at the University of Technology in Sydney, he earned a triple Master's degree from ESCP Europe, having completed study years in Paris, London, and Berlin. His thesis examined the chances for acceptance of a global cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases in the United States of America. From 2006-2008, as a McCloy Scholar, he pursued Master studies in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, specializing in energy and climate policy. Following his graduation, Daniel Klingenfeld worked in the Climate Change and Clean Energy Group at IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Building on further experience in the energy domain, such as for example with the National Commission on Energy Policy in Washington D.C., he focuses on the challenges of global energy and climate policy design.

