Prof. Dr. Niklas Höhne is an internationally renowned expert in climate policy with over 20 years of experience, participating in the international climate negotiations since 1995. He co-founded NewClimate Institute, where he oversees analysis on national and international climate policy and assumes various management roles. He also holds a professorship “mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions” at Wageningen University. He led and co-authored over 300 studies related to international and national climate policies, including three publications in Nature, contributions to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Assessment Reports of the IPCC since 2003 and all UNEP Emissions Gap Reports since 2010. He created the Climate Action Tracker that tracks commitments and actions of countries on climate change. He has advised many governments and organisations and participated as an expert in hearings of the European and German parliament. Prior to co-founding NewClimate Institute, Niklas worked at Ecofys, a climate and energy consultancy (2001 to 2014), and the UNFCCC secretariat (1998 to 2001).
Media appearances of Prof. Dr. Niklas Höhne:
Articles
- Quoted in the Guardian and FAZ on lack of new national climate targets, June 2025
- Quoted in Focus on progress in German climate policy, May 2025 (Germany)
- Quoted in Spiegel on coalition contract of the new German government, April 2025 (German)
- Quoted in Tagesschau.de on new gas power plants, April 2025 (German)
- Quoted in Süddeutsche Zeitung on emphasis on climate policy, March 2025 (German)
- OpEd in Focus on climate policy in German election campaigns, February 2025 (German)
- Quoted in Washington Post, AFP, Tagesschau.de on the deadline to submit new climate targets under the Paris agreement, February 2025
- Quoted in Zeit on Trump’s climate policies, February 2025
- Interview in WDR on 2024 being more than 1.5°C warmer, January 2025 (German)
- Quoted in FAZ, Sueddeutsche, SRF, Tagesschau.de, Bild, on 2024 being more than 1.5°C warmer, January 2024 (German)
- Interview in Tagesschau24 on positive developments in climate policy, November 2024 (German)
- Interviews on COP29 in Baku in Frankfurter Rundschau, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, ZDFHeute, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Tagesschau.de, November 2024 (German)
- Quoted on COP29 and international progress in New York Times, Nature, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Spiegel, Spiegel, Tagesschau.de, ZDF, Tagesschau.de, DW, DW, Tagesschau.de, Zeit, DW, WDR, November 2024
- Quoted on the update of the Climate Action Tracker in Guardian, New York Times, Zeit, Business Green, Tagesschau.de, Economic Times, Sueddeutsche, November 2024
- Quoted on the Azerbaijan COP presidency in DW, DW, Spiegel, November 2024
- Quoted on Global Carbon Project results in Sueddeutsche, MDR, Tagesspiegel, November 2024
- Interview in Berliner Morgenpost on heavy weather events and climate, November 2024 (German)
- Quoted in Sueddeutsche Zeitung on arguments for climate policy, September 2024
- Quoted in Tagesschau on outcome of the UNFCCC meetings in Bonn June 2024 (German)
- OpEd in Focus on EU green deal, June 2024 (German)
- OpEd in Focus on new German climate law, April 2024 (German)
- Quoted in DIE ZEIT, Süddeutsche on the new German climate law. April 2024 (German)
- Quoted in Spiegel, ZDF, Augsburger Allgemeine on German climate policy, March 2024 (German)
- Quoted in RND, Deutschlandfunk, Tagesspiegel, BR, Focus, on the outcome of COP 28, December 2023 (German)
- Quoted in CNN on emissions of large polluters, December 2023
- Article about paper on positive shifts in Frankfurter Allgemeine, DW, December 2023
- Quoted in AP on false solutions, November 2023
- Interview in ZDF and Frankfurter Rundschau, Tagesschau and quoted in Tagesschau on the prospects of COP28 in Dubai, November 2023 (German)
- Quoted in Bloomberg, ZDF and Sueddeutsche Zeitung on UNEP Emissions Gap report 2023, November 2023
- Quoted in financial times on insufficient NDCs, November 2023
- Quoted in BBC on carbon budget available for 1.5°C, November 2023
- Quoted in New York Times on global stocktake of the Paris Agreement, September 2023
- Interview in Sueddeutsche Zeitung on climate policy progress in Germany, September 2023 (German)
- Interview on Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on progress in global climate policy, June 2023 (German)
- OpEd in Focus on carbon pricing, May 2023 (in German)
- OpEd in Spiegel on IPCC synthesis report, March 2023 (in German)
- Quoted in New York Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, AP, Tagesschau, FAZ, Sueddeutsche, Handelsblatt, Spiegel, Spektrum der Wissenschaft in preparation of the COP 27 in Egypt, November 2022
- Interviews in Frankfurter Rundschau and Klimareporter in preparation of the COP 27 in Egypt, November 2022, (German)
- Interview in Der Spiegel on German climate policy, August 2022 (German)
- Quoted in BBC on government reaction on energy crisis, June 2022
- OpEd in Die Zeit on new IPCC report, May 2022 (German)
- Section in Sueddeutsche on progress in global climate policy, November 2021 (German)
- Quoted in Nature, Scientific American, The Economist, Guardian, AP, Reuters, National Geographic, Washington Post on outcome of COP26 in Glasgow, November 2021
- Interview in RP on the progress at the Glasgow COP, November 2021 (German)
- Quoted in New York Times on the global progress on climate policy, October 2021
- Quoted in Spiegel, TAZ, DPA on new German climate targets, May 2021 (German)
- Quoted in Guardian, Spiegel, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Financial Times and Welt on progress on global climate policy, May 2021
- Quoted in AP, Financial Times, Sueddeutsche Zeitung on 5-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, December 2020
- Quoted in BBC, Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Spiegel on the impact of net zero targets on temperature increase, December 2020
- Quoted in AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNN, the Guardian, Deutsche Welle and Die Zeit on the US elections and potential impact of a net zero-target of the USA on global temperature, November 2020
- Quoted in the Guardian and Reuters on green recovery and Chinese carbon neutrality target, September 2020
- Quoted in CNN on response to COVID-19 pandemic, September 2020
- Interview in Focus online on impact of Corona pandemic on global greenhouse gas emissions, May 2020 (German)
Audio
- Interview in DLF on progress on German climate policy, May 2025 (German)
- Podcast interview on Detektor FM on German climate policy, May 2025 (German)
- Podcast interview on DLF on status of coalition negotiations of the new German Government, March 2025 (German)
- Interview in DLF on Petersberger Dialogue, March 2025 (Germany)
- Interview in NDR on 2024 being more than 1.5°C warmer, January 2024 (German)
- Interviews on the state of intrenational climate policy before (DLF, DLF Nova, SWR), during (Tagesspiegel Podcast, WDR) and after (DLF) COP29 in Baku, November 2024 (German)
- Quoted on the progress of the COP29 in Tagesschau.de, DLF, DLF, November 2024
- Interview in DLF on heavy weather events, September 2024
- Interview in WDR5 (minute 44:28) on the outcome of the UNFCCC meetings in Bonn June 2024 (in German)
- Radio talkshow in DLF with Huber Aiwanger on flood and climate protection, June 2024 (German)
- Podcast for Handelsblatt on party programmes for the EU election, June 2024 (German)
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk on German climate policy, March 2024, German
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk, WDR5, WDR5 on outcome of COP28, December 2023 (Germany)
- Quoted in DLF Nova on progress of COP28, December 2023 (German)
- Podcasts of Die Zeit and BR2, WDR5 and SRF on positive shifts in climate policy, November 2023 / January and February 2024 (German)
- Interview in NDR-info, HR-Info, Deutschlandfunk on prospects of COP 28, November 2023 (German)
- Interview in Klima-Labor Podcast of n-tv on German climate policy, November 2023 (in German)
- Interview in CBC radio (minute 27) and quoted in SFR on the UNEP emissions gap report, November 2023
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk on the reduction of the global carbon budget for the 1.5°C limit, November 2023 (German)
- Interview in NDR on heavy rain events in Summer 2023, September 2023 (German)
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk on Germany’s climate policy, September 2023 (German)
- Interview in WDR on Lützerath, January 2023 (as of minute 40)
- Interviews in HR and Deutschlandfunk on the outcomes of COP27 in Egypt, November 2022 (German)
- Interview in ARD podcast on energy crisis, November 2022 (German)
- Interview on energy and climate crisis in Economist’s Babbage podcast, November 2022
- Interview in WDR5 on the impact of a new climate law in the USA (start 1:19:00), August 2022 (German)
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk on international climate talks in Bonn, June 2022 (German)
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk Nova on options to save energy, May 2022 (German)
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk on IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, April 2022 (German)
- Interview in Deutschlandfunk recapping COP26 in Glasgow, November 2021 (German)
- Interview in NDR on COP26 in Glasgow, November 2021 (German)
- Quoted in the climate question of BBC World Service on countries' climate targets, October 2021
- Interview in RBB on the German coalition negotiations, October 2021 (German)
- Radio discussion on climate policy of German parties (German), September 2021
- SWR podcast Klimazentrale on climate policy in programmes of German parties for the general elections (German), August 2021
- Interview in WDR on climate policy after the publication of the IPCC report, working group I (German), August 2021
- NDR Podcast Klimagespräche on international and German climate policy (50 minutes, German), July 2021
- Interview in WDR5 Morgenecho on new climate package of German government (German), June 2021
- Interview in WDR Quarks and Deutschlandfunk on the new climate targets of Germany (German), May 2021
- Quoted in Deutschlandfunk on on global progress on climate policy in advance of the Petersberg Dialogue with German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (German), May 2021
- Interview in BBC world service and Bayern 2 (minute 11:29) on impact of net zero targets on temperature increase, December 2020
- Radio talkshow on BBC world service on the impact of the election of Joe Biden on climate change, November 2020
- Interview in SRF on on the impact of the election of Joe Biden on climate change, November 2020 (German)
- Interview in China International Radio: China Plus on the US election and the Chinese carbon neutrality target, November 2020
- Interview in BR2 IQ on North Stream 2 and demand for gas in Germany, September 2020 (German)
- Radio talkshow in WDR5 on climate policy, August 2020 (German)
- Interview in detektor.fm zur Initiative German Zero, May 2020 (German)
Videos
- Quoted in WDR Aktuelle Stunde on causes of heatwave, June 2025 (German)
- Quoted in Tagesschau and Klimazeit on progress of the UN climate talks in Bonn, June 2025 (German)
- Interview in 3Sat Nano on progress in German climate policy, May 2025 (Germany)
- Interview in ZDF Moma on necessary steps in climate policy, February 2025 (Germany)
- Interview in 3Sat Nano on deadline to submit climate targets to the Paris Agreement, February 2025 (German)
- Quoted in HeuteJournal on Trumps exit of the Paris Agreement, January 2025 (German)
- Quoted in Tagesschau on demonstrations for more climate policy in election campaigns, February 2025 (German)
- Quoted in ZDF Moma on 2024 being 1.5°C warmer, January 2025 (German)
- Quoted in Heute Journal on climate policy of the outgoing German government, December 2024 (German)
- Interview in Tagesschau24 and quoted in Tagesthemen (minute 2:30) on the results of COP29, November 2024
- Interview in Tagesschau24 on the progress of COP29, November 2024
- Interview in DWNews on China’s climate action, November 2024
- Quoted in Swedish TV, 3Sat on progress of COP29, November 2024
- Interview in Sky Italy on climate targets, November 2024
- Interview in NTV on election of Trump, November 2024
- Quoted in Heute Journal on COP 29, November 2024
- Quoted in WDR on election of Trump, November 2024
- Interview in NTV on heavy weather events, November 2024
- Talkshow phoenix runde on heavy weather events, September 2024
- Quoted in Tagesschau on outcome of UNFCCC meetings in Bonn, June 2024 (German)
- Interview in Tagesschau24 on the UN climate talks in Bonn, June 2024 (German)
- Interview in Tagesschau24 on extreme weather events, June 2024 (German)
- Quoted in Tagesschau on the results of COP28, December 2023 (German)
- Quoted in ZDF heute on progress at COP28, December 2023 (German)
- Quoted in ZDF (minute 44:50) on Climate Change Performance Index, December 2023 (German)
- Interview in Tagesschau24 on the progress of COP28, December 2023 (German)
- Interview in ZDF Nano on CCS (minute 12), December 2023 (German)
- Interview in Tagesschau and in Heute Live and quoted in Heute Journal, Klima Update Spezial of n-tv on COP28, December 2023 (German)
- Quoted in WDR on Fridays for Future demonstrations, September 2023 (German)
- Quoted in Tagesthemen on German heating law, September 2023
- Quoted in Tagessthemen on earth overshoot day, August 2023
- Interview in Tagesschau on progress of UNFCCC conference, June 2023 (German)
- Interview on impacts of energy crisis in y-Kollektiv, January 2023 (German)
- Interview Heute Journal zu Lützerath Januar 2023
- Interview in NDR info and BR on LNG terminals, December 2022
- Quoted in ZDF heute on status of international climate policy, November 2022 (German)
- Interview in Deutsche Welle on status of international climate policy, November 2022
- Interview in ZDF/3SAT Nano on progress of the COP 27 in Egypt, November 2022 (German)
- Interview in Tagesschau24 Klimazeit on energy and climate crisis, November 2022 (German)
- Quoted in Tagesschau on progress of climate talks, June 2022 (German)
- Interview in Heute Journal Update on new LNG terminals in Germany May 2022 (German)
- Interview in Heute Journal Update on IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, April 2022 (German)
- Interview in ARD Doku "Die Klimaretter - haben wir noch eine Chance?", January 2022
- Interview in Sky News on outcome at COP 26 in Glasgow, November 2021
- Interview in WDR Aktuelle Stunde on German climate policy, May 2021 (German)
- Interview in BBC World News on progress on global climate policy, April 2021
- Quoted in ZDF Heute, December 2020 (German)
- Quoted in ZDF Frontal 21 on climate policy of Germany, May 2020 (German)
