Florian Egli

PI

Florian Egli is a professor at TUM, where he leads the research group "Public Policy for the Green Transition" at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. His work focuses on designing and evaluating policies that drive sustainable economic and societal transformations, particularly in the context of climate change. His research encompasses the areas of finance, innovation, and policy design, aiming to support ambitious climate and energy transitions worldwide. He collaborates closely with international organizations and he is an elected member of the European Environment Agency's Scientific Committee. He also co-founded several initiatives at the science-policy interface, such as Expedition Zukunft.

Related Outputs

  • Publication

    How excess profits from oil and gas could contribute to climate payments

    A central issue at the UN Climate Change Conference, set to start on November 11, will be the negotiations on new payments from industrialized nations to poorer countries. However, the question of whether and how these payments will be financed remains highly controversial. The study by an international team of researchers has now revealed: The windfall profits alone taken in by oil and gas companies due to the 2022 energy crisis would have been sufficient to cover the existing commitments of the industrialized nations for nearly five years. The researchers therefore recommend collecting taxes on these so-called windfall profits from fossil fuels.

    11. Nov 2024