R. Andreas Kraemer

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R. Andreas Kraemer

Director, Fundação Oceano Azul – Oceano Azul Foundation
Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Chairman, Agora Energiewende (plus Agora Industry + Agora Agriculture)

Founder and Director Emeritus, Ecologic Institute
Visiting Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor, Duke University
Initiator and Convenor, Arctic Summer College

R. Andreas Kraemer, Founder & Director Emeritus of Ecologic Institute in Berlin, Germany, and Chairman (pro bono) of Ecologic Institute US in Washington DC, is currently Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo (Ontario), non-executive Director of the Fundação Oceano Azul in Lisboa (Portugal), Chairman of Smart Energy for Europe Platform (SEFEP) incubating Agora Energiewende, Agora Industry & Agora Agriculture in Berlin (Germany). He teaches as Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of German Studies at Duke University and occasionally as adjunct faculty at the EADA Business School, in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.  He is also Initiator and Convenor of the Arctic Summer College.

His research focuses on the role and functions of science-based policy institutes or "think tanks" in theory and the practice in different political systems, the interactions among policy domains and international relations, and global governance on environment, resources, climate and energy.

R. Andreas Kraemer is also Manager (pro bono) of the Konrad von Moltke Fund and active as Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board of OekoWorld, which sets global investment criteria for ethical and 'green' investment funds or mutual trusts, Advisory Board Member of The Arctic Institute, and Member of the Practice Board for the Master Course on "Strategic Sustainability Management" at the University of Applied Sciences in Eberswalde (HNE Eberswalde).

Since 1993, R. Andreas Kraemer has lectured an annual full-term course on European integration and environmental policy for the Duke in Berlin Program of Duke University.

From 1995 to 2015, R. Andreas Kraemer served as Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany and concurrently from 2008 to 2013 in the same function at Ecologic Institute, Vienna, Austria.

In 2015, he was Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR). From 2011 to 2014, R. Andreas Kraemer was Speaker of Ecornet, the Ecological Research Network of independent, transdisciplinary environmental research institutes in Germany. From 2015 to 2018, he was Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany. 

While being Director of Ecologic Institute, Berlin, R. Andreas Kraemer, was also chairman of the advisory board of Oekom Research (1999-2018; now called ISS-oekom), a rating agency specializing in corporate and governmental or 'sovereign' debtors' credit risk, ethics, and sustainability, as well as on the advisory board of Oekom Verlag, a publishing house based in Munich, Germany dedicated to sustainable development. 

Further, he served in the Steering Committee of the British German Environment Forum (BGEF), is a Board Member of the Foundation for the Good Governance of International Spaces (Our Spaces), Advisory Board Member of Worldwatch Institute Europe, Councillor of the Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS), Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and of the German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF). Other past appointments include the Board of the French-Alsatian non-governmental organization Solidarité Eau Europe.  In 2009 and 2010, he was Member of the VROM International Think Tank, advising the government of the Netherlands on European and environmental affairs.

Previous to the founding of Ecologic Institute, R. Andreas Kraemer worked for a range of policy institutes: the Science Center Berlin for Social Sciences (WZB), the Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW), and the Environmental Policy Research Center of the Free University of Berlin (FFU). From 1991 to its closure in 1995, he was Senior Fellow at the Bonn office of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP).

The Prince of Wales’s Business and Sustainability Programme awarded R. Andreas Kraemer a fellowship, the Carl Duisberg Society (CDG) a scholarship, the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and the Mercator Foundation each a Senior Fellowshop, all with stipends.

Andreas was born in Dortmund, Germany, and was trained in industrial business management in the petrochemical industry before studying environmental engineering and sciences at the Department of Environmental Technology of the Technische Universität Berlin and the Université des Paris Diderot.

ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5159-2152

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Event:Conference
 
The conference "The Future Task of a Near-Natural Landscape Water Balance" sought to address the pressing need for restoring and maintaining a healthy landscape water balance in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change. This balance was crucial not only for the preservation of biodiversity, but also for mitigating the impacts of climate change and ensuring sustainable resource management.

The Future Task of Near-natural Landscape Water Balance


Bonn, Germany

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After three years of intensive work, the results of the project "Drought and Water Use Conflicts in Germany (WADKlim)" were presented and discussed at the conference. The conference was addressed to experts related to water management issues from federal agencies, state offices and ministries as well as from authorities at regional level. Representatives from research institutions, associations, as well as practitioners attended.

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Availability

Final conference of the WADKlim project (Drought and Water Use Conflicts in Germany)


Berlin, Germany

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Event:Dinner Dialogue
 
The EU taxonomy regulation for sustainable finance has received much attention. As a living document, it requires regular reviewing and updating. So what's next in stall for the policy's development? On 16 January 2023, representatives from politics, industry (financial and non-financial), academia and the civil society came together to discuss exactly that. R. Andreas Kraemer moderated the event that featured an initial impulse from Korbinian Reiter (Kanzlei Redeker) and comments from Silke Stremlau (Hannoversche Kassen) and Sabine Pex (BMUV).

What's Next for the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance?

Discussion on further developments, barriers and opportunities


Berlin, Germany

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Publication:Policy Brief
 
Cover of the T20 policy brief "towards an international agreement on plastic pollution: the role of the G20
This policy brief investigates the gaps in the existing international treaties on marine plastic pollution and proposes components that need to be considered in a new treaty. These proposals will complement the G20 work on plastic pollution. Furthermore, since the G20 summit will be held in Indonesia in 2022, the focus of this policy brief will not only be relevant to G20 countries but also to Southeast Asia as the biggest contributor of marine plastics.

Towards an International Agreement on Plastic Pollution: The Role of the G20

T20 Policy Brief

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Event:Conference
 
Ecologic Institute organised this side event focusing on the source-to-sea approach, multi-use of marine space and marine protected areas in Europe's seas (and transitional waters) – all timely topics in marine management and conservation. In three distinct sessions, a series of ambitious projects provided an insightful picture of how to balance the increasing use of coastal-marine ecosystems with the preservation or even restoration of their biological richness, by mitigating impacts and curbing pressures to achieve true sustainability. Based on the project contributions, a wider panel discussion with experts from different fields of knowledge discussed the approaches and their synergies, look for holistic solutions and consider what is needed to realise the vision of thriving, healthy European seas and coasts for future generations.

Marine Protected Areas, Source-to-sea Concepts and Multi-use of Marine Space

2022 United Nations Oceans Conference Side Event


Lisbon, Portugal

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Presentation:Interview
 
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R. Andreas Kraemer, founder of the Ecologic Institute and co-chair of the investment committee of the Ökovision Fund, puts it in a nutshell: "Neither nuclear power nor coal can replace gas or oil from Russia, and right now it is becoming clear how important energy efficiency and renewable energies are. We at Ökovision are counting on this and see no reason to reconsider our strict criteria". The article in the magazine "Finanztest" also shows that there are large grey areas in sustainable investment because criteria are formulated and applied differently. Especially with index funds or ETFs, investors cannot be sure how their money is invested.

Sustainable Investment: Weapons and nuclear power remain taboo


R. Andreas Kraemer

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Event:Digital Event
 
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The economies and populations that are the main contributors to the climate crisis are least affected by the consequences. People in the Global South are already exposed to drought, forest fires, flooding and water shortages. According to the UN, there were some 270 million migrants worldwide in 2020. Recent forecasts predict that the climate crisis will force up to 1.2 billion people to leave their home countries by 2050. On 1 December 2021; the issue of "Migration and Climate Crisis: Challenges and Perspectives" was discussed. The discussion based on inputs by Writer Parag Khanna and human rights and environmental activist Kumi Naidoo from South Africa. The full recording of the event is available online.

Migration and Climate Crisis: Challenges and Perspectives

Webtalk Series "Totally Glocally" – Europe from the outside: Dealing with the Climate Crisis


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