Aleksander Åšniegocki
Head of the Energy, Climate and Environment Programme, WiseEuropa
Aleksander Åšniegocki specializes in analysis of new sources of economic growth in the globalized world, economics of innovation, development prospects of low-emission economies and transformation of the energy sector. His main interests are new technologies and resource constraints as factors of future economic development in Poland and globally. Aleksander is an author and co-author of publications in the following projects: Low-emission Poland 2050, Forum for Energy Analysis, Big and Open Data. Recently, he carried out projects for the Ministry of Energy, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Institute of Environmental Protection, European Climate Foundation, Polish Confederation Lewiatan, Polish National Energy Conservation Agency, Fortum Power and Heat Poland and Microsoft Poland. He was involved in the DYNAMIX project funded by 7th Framework Programme, and is currently engaged in the COP 21 RIPPLES project funded by Horizon 2020 programme.
Featured work
The Polish view on extending the EU-ETS: Red lines, room to manoeuvre, game changers
What are the red lines, what room is there to manoeuvre, and which elements of the new carbon pricing architecture can be real game changers?
COP 21 RIPPLES: What are the key elements of an adequate global response?
The Dialogue focuses on technology, finance, industrial transformations and the political economy, which are identified by COP21 RIPPLES as key levera