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
• EUI Carbon Markets Hub

Completed

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

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• CORNILLIE, Jan; DELBEKE, Jos; EGENHOFER, Christian; PANDERA, Joanna; TAGLIAPIETRA, Simone (2024), A clean industrial deal delivering decarbonisation and competitiveness, Other
• DELBEKE, Jos; DOMBROWICKI, Piotr Mikolaj; IOZZELLI, Laura; MARRO, Elena (2024), International and European action on international carbon credits, Other
• (2024), Delivering a climate neutral Europe, Book
• MYTILINEOS, Evangelos; TUBIANA, Laurence; VANDENBERGHE, Kurt (2024), Investing in the Mediterranean neighborhood as part of EU’s new geopolitical context, Video
• DELBEKE, Jos (2024), How the EU can support carbon pricing at global level, Other
• 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