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The Changing Future of Energy With Ms Mechthild Wörsdörfer


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This interview was conducted in March of 2021 with Ms. Mechthild Wörsdörfer (@MWorsdorfer). In 2018 Ms. Wörsdörfer joined the IEA as the Director of Sustainability, Technology & Outlooks (STO). Ms. Wörsdörfer plans and co-ordinates the IEA’s work on energy sustainability, encompassing clean energy technologies and climate change policy. 

Previously, Ms. Wörsdörfer held several senior management positions in the European Commission, where she coordinated the work on the 2030 Energy and Climate Framework, the Clean Energy Package, and the 2050 Energy Roadmap. She had been involved with the IEA for a number of years as IEA Governing Board Representative for the EU, and served in the Cabinet of Commissioners, in charge of industry, competitiveness, trade, and digital economy.

Between 2014 and 2017, Ms. Wörsdörfer was the Director for Energy Policy, where she notably managed the development of the Energy Union Framework Strategy, Governance, and external aspects. Prior to that Ms. Wörsdörfer worked as head of the policy unit, in particular on the 2030 Energy and Climate Framework. Before, she pursued a long career at DG Enterprise & Industry and in the Cabinet of Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, in charge of Enterprise Policy and Information Society.

Ms. Wörsdörfer studied Economics and Languages in Heidelberg, Montpellier, and Brussels.

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