Dr. Susanne Dröge
Global Issues Senior Fellow (on leave of absence)
Research Cluster Climate Policy and Politics (on leave of absence)
Areas of Expertise
- Climate policy
- EU climate policy
- Energy policy
- Environmental policy
- Risk governance
- United Nations
Focus on Climate Policy and International Trade, Carbon Flows, Border Carbon Adjustment, Emissions Trading and Carbon Taxes, Green Economy and Sustainable Development
Short Curriculum vitae
Since October 2022 Head of Department Climate Protection and Energy, Umweltbundesamt (UBA)
Positions at SWP
Senior Fellow (since 2015); Head of Global Issues Research Division (rotating position) (2009-2015); Researcher (2006-2009)
Board and committee activities
Honorary Board Member: Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) (2020-2022); Member of the Executive Committee: Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (since 2016); Member of the Science and Policy Advisory Board UNEP GEO-5 (2010-2012); Advisory Board Member: Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2011-2022)
SWP Publications
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The G7 Summit: Advancing International Climate Cooperation?
Options and Priorities for the German G7 Presidency
SWP Comment 2022/C 34, 19.05.2022doi:10.18449/2022C34
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Next COP Ahead: Europe Has Work to Do
SWP Comment 2022/C 02, 12.01.2022, 5 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C02
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Integrating Climate Ambition and Energy Diplomacy in Foreign Policy
in: German Foreign Policy in TransitionContribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 79–82
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Back to the Future? International Climate Policy in 2021
New Constellations for the EU’s Climate Diplomacy
SWP Comment 2021/C 14, 16.02.2021, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021C14
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The EU’s CO2 Border Adjustment: Climate or Fiscal Policy?
The EU plans to use a CO2 border adjustment on imports to improve its budget. In so doing, it risks eroding the instrument’s credibility as a response to climate change, argues Susanne Dröge.
Point of View, 05.08.2020 -
The International Dimensions of Germany’s Hydrogen Policy
SWP Comment 2020/C 32, 22.06.2020, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2020C32
External publications
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The Form and Substance of International Cooperation on Border Carbon Adjustments
in: AJIL Unbound, Vol. 11/2022, pp. 213-218, online by Cambridge University Press, 18 July 2022doi:10.1017/aju.2022.33
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How trade policy can support the climate agenda
Ensure open markets for clean technologies and products
in: Science, Vol. 376, Issue 6600, 23.06.2022, pp. 1401-1403doi:10.1126/science.abo4207
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How to Design Border Carbon Adjustments
in: Jakob, Michael (Ed.): Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change, pp. 163-179, March 2022doi:10.4337/9781839103247
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Equity Implications of Net Zero Visions
In: Climatic Change (2021) 169:20doi:10.1007/s10584-021-03270-2
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Trade and Climate Change: A Key Agenda for the G20
in: TF2: Climate Change and Environment, Think20, September 2020 -
Carbon Pricing at the Border: Key Questions for the EU
in: ifo DICE Report 18 (1), April 2020, p. 30-34