Malte Winkler
Working on climate policy allows me to search answers to some of our times´ most urgent questions: What can we do to combat climate change? What should we do? And how can we do it?
Malte holds a doctoral degree from Kiel University and an M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Koblenz-Landau. In his doctoral thesis, Malte focused on the role of carbon pricing schemes and international cooperation in light of the Paris Agreement. A special focus of his work lies in the EU ETS. In his earlier studies, he covered a broad range of environmental topics, writing his bachelor´s thesis on the ecology of cold-water corals and his master´s thesis on technological aspects of wave energy converters.
In summer 2023, Malte took over the role as Head of Climate Policy Research at Perspectives, focusing on contributions to academic discussions as well as innovative topics related to climate policy.
Malte has worked on and (co-)managed scientific as well as consultancy projects on carbon pricing, extending emission trading schemes, land-use changes. Since joining Perspectives at the end of 2021, Malte has focused on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Article 6 methodologies, and international carbon markets.
Areas of expertise
Climate Policy
Carbon Markets
EU Climate Policy
Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR)
Selected publications
Managing Reversal Risk: Assessment, Mitigation and Compensation · 2026 Promoting bio-CCS in the Nordic Region · 2026 Can digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) unlock industrial CO2 capture and removal in carbon markets? · 2025 Accounting and monitoring challenges for blue carbon enhancement in national climate policy targets and international carbon markets · 2025 Effektive Partizipation in CDR Politikgestaltung: Lehren aus partizipativen Strategieprozessen zu CDR und Carbon Management in Deutschland · 2025 Developing CDR at scale and speed in Norway · 2024
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