Environmentally dedicated allrounder focusing on pragmatic, entrepreneurial solutions for environmentally sound activities - building on 20 years of climate policy experience.
I hold Master degrees in Environmental Sciences and Environmental Protection and work on international climate policies since 1999 - covering research, consultancy and policy making perspectives.
Co-founded climate policy think-tank Perspectives in 2003, where I lead Perspectives’ work and business development related to innovate energy technologies and green hydrogen solutions.
Elaborated first study on benefits of innovative green hydrogen technologies on global GHG-emissions in 2011, and am dedicated to this since then.
How to make hydrogen projects economically viable with carbon pricing? 3rd March 2022
https://www.hydrogen-online-workshop.com/speakers/#perspectives-climate-group
Financing the green hydrogen revolution
Green Hydrogen Global Assembly and Exhibition, 17-18 May 2022, Barcelona
https://gh2.org/event/global-assembly-2022
Axel Michaelowa, Sonja Butzengeiger-Geyer, Romain Debarre, Adnin Shibab-Eldin, Richard Forrest, Claude Mandil., Antoine Restand (2020): Promoting carbon-neutral hydrogen through UNFCCC and national-level policies, T20 policy brief for Saudi G20 presidency, September 2020. https://t20saudiarabia.org.sa/en/briefs/Pages/Policy-Brief.aspx?pb=TF2_PB7
Axel Michaelowa, Sonja Butzengeiger-Geyer (2019): Breakthrough of Hydrogen Technologies until 2030: Chances and Risks for Gulf Countries, International Policy Implications, EDA Insights, Emirates Diplomatic Academy, September 2019, http://eda.ac.ae/docs/default-source/Publications/eda-insight_hydrogen-economy_en_final.pdf?sfvrsn=2
Sonja Butzengeiger-Geyer, Axel Michaelowa (2012)
Climate Finance and backstop technologies, pp. 222-254 in: Carbon markets or climate finance? - Low Carbon and Adaptation Investment Choices for the Developing World, edited by Axel Michaelowa; Routledge, January 2012
