About the Author

Niklas Hohne (1970) studied physics at the RWTH Aachen, Germany and at INSA Lyon, France, specialising in solid-state physics with an emphasis on renewable energy. He received his PhD degree from the Copernicus Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, writing his dissertation on climate policy in 2005. This book is a revised and updated version of his thesis, including the outcomes of the Montreal discussions of the UNFCCC in December 2005. Hohne has worked as a consultant and program officer at the secretariat of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and as a consultant at the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). He now works for ECOFYS, Germany, as consultant in the area of policy studies related to greenhouse gas emissions and international climate negotiations. Hohne is the lead author of the chapter "Policies, Instruments and Co-operative Arrangements" in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.