Ecologic Institute

Daniel Blobel is a Senior Analyst with Ecologic. His work focuses on climate policies and associated policy instruments, such as environmental fiscal reform and emissions trading. He also works on adaptation to climate change, indicators for sustainable development, impact assessment, trade and sustainable development, as well as the promotion of sustainable consumption and production patterns. Daniel Blobel works in German and English. He is fluent in French and has working knowledge of Russian.

In the area of climate policy, Daniel Blobel contributed to the preparation and documentation of dialogues on the further development of climate change policies in new EU Member States, and he was co-author of a handbook on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He worked on several projects addressing concepts of environmental tax and finance reform. Other projects at Ecologic have included: analysis of impact assessment methods for trade and investment agreements, measures to limit land use, the potential of the “Ecological Footprint” indicator in sustainability monitoring at national and European levels, as well as the interactions between environmental and social policies.