Hanna oversees and supports projects that track and evaluate climate action of governments. She has over a decade of expertise in the quantification of the impact of policies on emissions, methods to identify Paris-compatible investments and supporting countries in developing and implementing mitigation action. She has led and contributed to numerous projects related to international climate policy for governments, non-governmental organizations, foundations, and international organizations. Hanna also follows the international climate negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. She co-founded NewClimate Institute in 2014 and assumes various management roles in the organisation. Prior to NewClimate, Hanna worked at a leading energy and climate policy consulting firm. She has a background as an industrial engineer with a focus on the environment and energy. 

 

Climate Action Tracker Briefing: Pulling the Plug on Fossils in Power
Publication date 19 Sep 2023

Decarbonising the power sector is a key step on the road to net zero as it will cut both power sector emissions and help push fossil...

Kein Fortschritt: Klimaschutzpolitik im deutschen Verkehrssektor entspricht weiterhin etwa 3°C globaler Erwärmung​
Publication date 23 Aug 2023

Der globale Klimawandel ist existenzbedrohend. Um die gravierendsten Schäden zu vermeiden, hat sich die Staatengemeinschaft im Jahr...

The role of green hydrogen in a just, Paris-compatible transition
Publication date 22 Jun 2023

Green hydrogen is experiencing a strong push from different directions. This report lays out principles for a sustainable approach to...

Climate Action Tracker Briefing: COP28 must focus on oil and gas phase-out, not distractions like CCS
Publication date 08 Jun 2023

COP28 in the UAE needs to send a clear signal towards ambitious climate action. It requires a phase-out of oil and gas production, new...

NewClimate Institute at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 58)
Publication date 05 Jun 2023

The midyear UN climate conference “58th session of the Subsidiary Bodies” will take place from 5 to 15 June 2023. NewClimate Institute...

The Netherlands’ fair contribution to climate change mitigation

In this project, NewClimate analysed the Netherland’ government’s proposed target pathway of reducing GHG emissions to 55% below 1990...

Systems Change Lab

Change is rarely linear, and transitions are often dynamic. A faster than expected growth has been observed in some technologies, e.g...

Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy (CASE) for Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia (SEA) is the fastest developing region in the world with an energy demand projected to grow by 70% in the next 20 years...

Landscape of Climate Finance: Promoting debate on climate finance flows in Central Europe

The transition to a low-carbon economy requires an unprecedented redirection of financial flows towards sustainable investments. In...

Implications of the Paris Agreement on national climate change mitigation efforts

NewClimate, in a consortium with Climate Analytics, Fraunhofer ISI and Ecologic investigated medium and long-term targets for various...

New York Climate Week: Climate Action Tracker - Pulling the plug on fossils in power
Venue New York Climate Week, Online
Date 19 Sep 2023
Start time 04:00 pm

Join us for the Climate Action Tracker’s virtual event on 1.5°C aligned benchmarks for decarbonising the power sector at New York...

Bonn sessions: Climate Action Tracker press conference
Venue Nairobi 4 (room), World Conference Center Bonn
Date 08 Jun 2023
Start time 10:00 am

The Climate Action Tracker team presented the findings from their latest briefing at a press conference in Bonn. The event started at...

Online event: Climate Action in Africa
Venue Online
Date 12 Dec 2022
Start time 03:00 pm

The Climate Action Tracker held a virtual event on Monday, December 12 entitled: “What’s next for the African continent? Charting a...

Online event: Energiewende in Krisenzeiten: Sind Klimaschutz und Versorgungssicherheit vereinbar?
Venue Online
Date 08 Dec 2022
Start time 11:00 am

Kohlekraftwerke kommen zurück ans Netz, neue Gasfelder sollen erschlossen werden, der Betrieb der Kernkraftwerke wurde verlängert – die...

Online event: What is a good target design and how do countries compare?
Venue Online
Date 21 Sep 2022

What is a good target design and how do countries compare? The Climate Action Tracker tracks government climate action in around 40...

Press release - CAT briefing: What will it take for countries to get their power sectors on track for 1.5°C?
Publication date 19 Sep 2023

The Climate Action Tracker today released a new analysis of progress across 16 countries in fossil gas, coal and renewable power...

Press release - CAT briefing: COP28 must focus on oil and gas phase-out, not distractions like CCS
Publication date 08 Jun 2023

Bonn, Germany - An immediate halt to new oil and gas investments and a phase-out of production should be the focus of the COP28 climate...

The World Bank’s sector notes encourage the consideration of transitions, but lack sufficient detail to ensure full alignment with the Paris agreement
Publication date 10 May 2023

A joint blog by NewClimate Institute, Germanwatch, E3G, and NRDC by Hanna Fekete, Imogen Outlaw, Santiago Woollands, Anja Gebel, Laura...

German support for gas investments abroad is mostly not compatible with the Paris Agreement
Publication date 20 Oct 2022

This blog was first published in German. In the wake of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the resulting energy crisis, in June 2022...

Deutsche Unterstützung für Gas-Investitionen im Ausland ist in den allermeisten Fällen nicht mit Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen vereinbar
Publication date 20 Oct 2022

This blog is also available in English. Angesichts des russischen Angriffskriegs auf die Ukraine und der daraus resultierenden...

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