Hanne Knaepen
- Climate change adaptation and resilience-building
- Climate and green finance
- Europe-Africa climate diplomacy and governance
- Transboundary climate impacts
- Green and just transition
Biography
Dr. Hanne Knaepen, a Belgian national, is the head of climate and green transition, with a special focus on adaptation, resilience, and just transition.
Hanne specialises in climate change adaptation and resilience-building within the context of Europe-Africa relations, with a strong focus on food systems and climate finance. She also looks at transboundary climate impacts in Africa and Europe, and questions around a green and fair transition for African countries. Hanne is also a Visiting Lecturer at Nyansapo College of International Relations and Diplomacy, Accra (University of Cape Coast) since 2016, where she teaches courses on climate risks and international development.
Prior to joining ECDPM, Hanne obtained a master’s degree in Japanese Studies from the University of Leuven and a master’s degree in European Studies from the Free University of Brussels (ULB), both in Belgium. In addition, she received her doctoral degree in Global Environmental Studies at Kyoto University, Japan, where she resided for a period of four years. Throughout her PhD she has worked on the issue of mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development policies and projects in Vietnam, assessing the work of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) within this domain.
All
Supporting adaptation in African agriculture – A policy shift since the EU Green Deal?
Russia's invasion leaves North Africa with a food crisis – What can Europe do?
Inching towards just transition in Africa: The sixth EU-AU Summit on energy and adaptation
After the EU-AU Summit: Inching towards just transition in Africa
After the EU-Au Summit: Inching towards just transition in Africa
COP26 through an Africa-Europe lens
COP26 through an Africa-Europe lens
COP26 and beyond: It's choice, not chance
Publications
Supporting adaptation in African agriculture – A policy shift since the EU Green Deal?
Green transitions in Africa-Europe relations: What role for the European Green Deal?
The integration of climate change and circular economy in foreign policies
Finance to adapt: Making climate funding work for agriculture at the local level
Sustainable food systems through diversification and indigenous vegetables
Making markets work for indigenous vegetables in the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
Making markets work for indigenous vegetables in the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
Lessons from promoting market access for Beninese value chain actors to Nigerian markets
Commentaries
Russia's invasion leaves North Africa with a food crisis – What can Europe do?
Inching towards just transition in Africa: The sixth EU-AU Summit on energy and adaptation
After the EU-AU Summit: Inching towards just transition in Africa
After the EU-Au Summit: Inching towards just transition in Africa
COP26 through an Africa-Europe lens
COP26 through an Africa-Europe lens
Our hopes for the UN Food Systems Summit
Climate adaptation takes a seat at the table, finally
Great Insights Magazine
COP26 and beyond: It's choice, not chance
Conversation between multiple scales and actors as a premise for successful adaptation
The limits of the UNFCCC and the need for domestic adaptation action
Ensuring that the green transition and a just transition go hand in hand
Dutch lawyer brings the courts into the fight against climate change, and wins
Solving adaptation is solving vulnerability
Good governance as the key to effective adaptation
COP26 and beyond: It's choice, not chance - Editorial
Hanne Knaepen
Head of climate and green transition - adaptation and resilience
Nationality
Belgian
Languages
Dutch, English, French, Japanese
Location
Brussels office
Rue Archimede 5
1000 Brussels