Biography

Professor Jos Delbeke holds the first EIB Chair on Climate Policy and International Carbon Markets and was previously Director-General of the European Commission’s DG for Climate Action (2010-2018). Delbeke was involved in setting the EU’s climate and energy targets for 2020 and 2030, and in developing EU legislation on the Emissions Trading System (ETS), cars and fuels, air quality, emissions from big industrial installations and chemicals (REACH). He developed Europe's International Climate Change strategy and was the European Commission's chief negotiator at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, playing a key role in the EU's implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and in negotiations on the Paris Agreement.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

Ongoing

• Collaborative observatory for assessment of the EU ETS
• EIB Chair on Climate Change Policy and International Carbon Markets
• EUI Climate Workshop

Completed

• Executive Dialogues on International Carbon Markets
• The Future of Climate Neutral Industry in the EU

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• CORNILLIE, Jan; KNEEBONE, James Thomas; CONTI, Ilaria; DELBEKE, Jos (2024), Five reflections on clean hydrogen’s contribution to European industrial decarbonisation from 2024 to 2030, Other
• DELBEKE, Jos; MARRO, Elena; VIS, Peter (2023), Towards an EU policy agenda for Voluntary Carbon Markets, Other
• DELBEKE, Jos; VIS, Peter (2023), How CBAM can become a steppingstone towards carbon pricing globally, Other
• DELBEKE, Jos; PACCIANI, Cosimo (ed/s), AQUILINI, Roberto; BENEDETTI DEL RIO, Roberta; MONASTEROLO, Irene (2022), Offsetting and carbon emission rights : a view on european regulatory approach and business practices, Video
• DELBEKE, Jos (ed/s), DE SUTTER, Petra; EDENHOFER, Ottmar; STARACE, Francesco; THOMAS, Gerassimos (2022), Will the Ukraine crisis weaken Europe’s climate and energy policy?, Video
• DELBEKE, Jos; EGENHOFER, Christian; LAMAS, Rebecca (2022), Options to finance the premium cost of climate-neutral products in the EU : the potential of the ETS and demand creation, Other