Bio
Simone Tagliapietra is Adjunct Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment at SAIS Europe
Research Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels, Belgium
Adjunct Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
Professor Tagliapietra's research activity focuses on climate and energy issues. He works on the EU climate and energy policy, on the political economy of EU decarburization, on green industrial policy, on just transition and on global climate governance. With a record of numerous scientific publications, he is also the author of
Global Energy Fundamentals (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and
L'energia del mondo (Il Mulino, 2020). His columns and policy work are frequently published and cited in leading international media such as the
Financial Times, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, Die Zeit, El Pais, Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore, and others. He holds a PhD in Institutions and Policies from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Courses
- Green New Deals
The notion of Green New Deal is increasingly becoming popular around the world. This course introduces students to this innovative form of policy-making, discussing its main objectives and policy instruments. To do so, the course covers a wide range of topics from global decarbonization trends to global environment protection and biodiversity conservation. It also introduces a host of key concepts that underpin energy, climate and environmental policy analysis, as well as their related economic and social policies. The course pays particular attention to the political economy issues related to Green New Deals, such as the distributional effects of climate policy, the just transition challenge and the important issue of green industrial policy.