Alexander Ochs, Director, Climate and Energy Program

Contact Information
Department: Research
Title: Director, Climate and Energy Program
Email: aochs@worldwatch.org
Phone: +1 (202) 745-8092, ext. 511

Program Director

Alexander Ochs is Director of Climate and Energy at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C. where he leads a growing team of researchers, is a member of the Institute’s management team, a chief editor of the renowned Re|Volt blog and a co-editor of the transatlantic newsletter Connected. A co-editor of three books, director of two documentary films, author of numerous scholarly articles, and frequent contributor to public media, Alexander currently also acts as President of the Forum for Atlantic Climate and Energy Talks (FACET), senior fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and adjunct lecturer at George Washington University.

Alexander studied at the Universities of Cologne and Munich where he graduated with a Magister Artium in political science, philosophy and literature. He held senior research and teaching positions at the Center for Clean Air Policy and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) as well as CUNY, Princeton, Freie and Humboldt (both Berlin) universities. Alexander has been on many international advisory boards, was a member of the German delegation to the UN climate negotiations, an Aspen Institute Young Leader and an elected member of tt-30. In 2011, he received the Sustainable Future Award of the Austrian Academic Forum for Foreign Affairs. In 2012, he was appointed to a high-level commission evaluating the French National Research Agency (ANR). He is also currently acting as Energy Chair and member of the Steering Committee of the Low Emissions Development Global Partnership (LEDS-GP).

Alexander’s research interests include climate, energy and environment policies of municipalities, provinces, countries and regions around the world; international climate negotiations; low-emissions growth strategies; sustainable energy roadmaps; human development and indicators for societal progress; global governance and UN reform; transatlantic relations; North-South and South-South cooperation; environmental security.

 

Selected Publications

For a full list of Alexander ‘s publications, please see his full CV here.