Milan Elkerbout
Fellow; Director, International Climate Policy Initiative
Milan Elkerbout is a fellow at RFF working on international climate policy and on European climate policies to decarbonize energy-intensive industries in particular. He has worked extensively on the European Union’s emissions trading system (EU ETS), its various reforms, and its role in decarbonizing industry.
Elkerbout has led policy research on green steel, carbon capture and carbon removals, carbon leakage, climate clubs, as well as the EU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, energy crisis, and US Inflation Reduction Act. He has also written on industrial and innovation policy, the trade-climate policy nexus, and supranational governance, and has worked with policymakers, industry, civil society, and academia.
Elkerbout has a background in European political economy. Between 2014 and 2023, he was working for CEPS, a policy think tank in Brussels, as a research fellow and head of its climate program. From spring 2019, he spent a year as a visiting fellow at IVL Stockholm as part of the Mistra Carbon Exit research program.
Education
- MSc, political economy of Europe, London School of Economics (LSE)
- BA, European studies, Maastricht University
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Common Resources — Nov 21, 2024
Injecting Reality Into Debates About Solar Radiation Modification
Notes from a recent workshop on mitigating the effects of climate change through the global geoengineering strategy of solar radiation modification.
Press Release — Nov 6, 2024
RFF Introduces New Fellows, New Director for International Climate Policy Initiative
Resources for the Future is pleased to welcome the changing temperatures with two new fellows and a new director for the International Climate Policy Initiative.
Report — Oct 10, 2024
How Carbon Border Adjustments Might Drive Global Climate Policy Momentum
This report examines how the European Union carbon border adjustment mechanism creates an important incentive for other countries to adopt carbon pricing, and how this policy spillover effect could increase as more countries adopt similar policies.
Report — Sep 27, 2024
Transatlantic Cues: How the United States and European Union Influence Each Other’s Climate Policies
Transatlantic Cues: How the United States and European Union Influence Each Other’s Climate Policies
Report — Oct 10, 2024
How Carbon Border Adjustments Might Drive Global Climate Policy Momentum
This report examines how the European Union carbon border adjustment mechanism creates an important incentive for other countries to adopt carbon pricing, and how this policy spillover effect could increase as more countries adopt similar policies.
Report — Sep 27, 2024
Transatlantic Cues: How the United States and European Union Influence Each Other’s Climate Policies
Transatlantic Cues: How the United States and European Union Influence Each Other’s Climate Policies
Working Paper — Jul 17, 2024
Trade-Friendly Climate Policies: The Promise of "Interoperability"
When designing trade-related climate policies, there are a number of areas policymakers can consider to build interoperability and avoid extra administrative costs and barriers.
Issue Brief — Jun 24, 2024
Leakage in Climate Policy Discourse
The concept of "leakage" can be employed in different areas of climate policymaking, all of which have their own similarities, differences, and key considerations.
Common Resources — Nov 21, 2024
Injecting Reality Into Debates About Solar Radiation Modification
Notes from a recent workshop on mitigating the effects of climate change through the global geoengineering strategy of solar radiation modification.
In Focus — Aug 16, 2024
In Focus: European Union Institutions and Climate Policy
This video shares insights about the durability of the EU Green Deal and the prospects for climate policy in the European Union following elections for the EU Parliament, with RFF Fellow Milan Elkerbout.
Common Resources — Mar 15, 2024
Climate and Trade in a World of Resurgent Industrial Policy
Geopolitical realities and current climate goals may require an overhaul of global trade.
Common Resources — Dec 18, 2023
Takeaways from the COP28 Climate Conference
Scholars at Resources for the Future who attended the COP28 climate conference in Dubai this month share insights about from the conference and its negotiations. Some highlights: international trade, the energy transition, the global stocktake, and more.
Press Release — Nov 6, 2024
RFF Introduces New Fellows, New Director for International Climate Policy Initiative
Resources for the Future is pleased to welcome the changing temperatures with two new fellows and a new director for the International Climate Policy Initiative.
Press Release — Dec 6, 2023
New Report Compares Recent International Climate and Trade Policies
With the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) putting a spotlight on international climate policy, a new RFF report compares three climate and trade policies and analyzes each one’s unique goals, structures, and international repercussions.
Press Release — Nov 6, 2023
RFF Scholars Analyze New Bill That Introduces a Fee on High-Carbon Imports
A new RFF analysis provides a detailed, early look at the new policy proposal that could inform US industrial policy in the decades to come.
Press Release — Oct 3, 2023
RFF Welcomes Fellows Suzanne Russo and Milan Elkerbout
Russo and Elkerbout join a team of almost 100 researchers and university fellows dedicated to improving environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions.