David Eckstein Email & Phone Number

Bonn Und Umgebung, Deutschland

In my work as a policy advisor I have been focusing on issues related to climate change finance, in particular in the context of the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund, the Standing Committee on Finance, as well as the UNFCCC negotiations. Besides climate finance, my research and professional interests lie in the compatibility of economic development with environmental sustainability. Since 2012, I am the co-author of the annual Global Climate Risk Index, which analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).

Bonn Und Umgebung, Deutschland

As a freelance consultant for Germanwatch I worked in particular in the area of climate change finance, with a special emphasis on the Adaptation Fund and the UNFCCC negotiations. At that I attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, where I focussed on the proceedings under the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action. On a regular basis I participated in the meetings of the Adaptation Fund Board where I co-authored various stakeholder briefings and reports.Besides climate finance, I also found broad interest in the issues of climate risk and Loss & Damage. On this subject, I was the co-author of the 2013 Global Climate Risk Index, which analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).

Bonn, Germany

As a research intern at Germanwatch I worked on and contributed to the study "The German Fast-Start Finance Contribution". The working paper was part of a series of studies scrutinising how developed countries are defining, delivering, and reporting Fast Start Finance (FSF). It analyses the German FSF contribution on the basis of information available for the whole FSF period of 2010-2012, using a common methodology developed by the World Resources Institute, the Overseas Development Institute and the Open Climate Network.

Gaborone, Botswana

As an intern at the foreign office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Gaborone, Botswana I assisted the project manager in the planning and implementation of a forum for the promotion of democracy within the framework of a project of the University of Botswana and the organization of a workshop on regional integration in cooperation with the South African Development Community. Further, I prepared a study on the economic development and status of Botswana which served as an input to the annual report of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation offices.

Education record

Diploma, Political Economy

Ciencias Económicas Y Empresariales