Zapfel, Peter

Peter Zapfel, Ph.D., European Commission, holds academic degrees from the University of Business and Economics in Vienna and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has been with the European Commission since 1998, first for two years in the DG for Economic and Financial Affairs, and since 2000 with DG Environment. He has represented the Commission as a delegation member in UN climate negotiation sessions. He is responsible for the economic assessment of climate policy. This comprises the development and quantitative assessment of cost-effective strategies and instruments to implement the EU climate policy objectives. He has been involved in the Commission s work on emissions allowance trading since 1998 and the work on national allocation plans in the implementation of the Emission Allowance Trading Directive. Since May 2005 he has coordinated the DG Environment s EU ETS team. 

This book originated from a EU project on Lessons Learnt from the National Allocation of Allowances , sponsored by the European Commission s Directorate General for Environment. We would therefore like to thank the European Commission for financial support, and Jos Delbeke and Peter Zapfel for their intellectual engagement and guidance. 

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