Head of Sustainable Energy Systems Team, ICLEI European Secretariat

Biography

Carsten Rothballer is Senior Expert and Head of the team Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) at ICLEI Europe. Since 2009 he is working in the European Secretariat on climate and energy policy, with profound experience in training, sustainable energy planning and implementation, integrated management and infrastructure, resilience, risk assessment and international networking on climate and energy issues. He supports local and regional governments in Germany and throughout Europe in the development, improvement as well as financing of Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), setting up energy communities and urban infrastructures such as district heating. To this end, he also acts as contracted expert the Initiatives for Coal Regions in Transition for the EU (CRiT I, II and III), the Western Balkan and Ukraine (WBUA), Just Transition Platform and Cohesion for Transitions. He advises on capacity building of political and technical decision-makers, leads the implementation of technical assistance in coal and carbon-intensive regions and coordinates exchange programmes (WBUA, CRiT III) or implements them (JTPeers, exchangeEU etc.). Furthermore, and in the context of the just energy transition, he develops market dialogues, public-private and/oror civic partnerships and stakeholder engagement strategies and concepts together with public authorities, energy communities and industry. Experience in analysing and drafting policy recommendations on NECPs and the MFF. General activities include monitoring current developments in international and European energy and climate policy, conducting advocacy on behalf of local governments and facilitating local-national dialogues. Advisory Board member (e.g. European Fair Transition Observatory).