Climate and Economy

Eigil Johannisson · Head of Nordic Center for Sustainable Finance, ActionAid Denmark

Eigil Johannisson leads the Nordic Center for Sustainable Finance, which is part of ActionAid Denmark. The center focuses on how the financial sector and public investments in the Nordic region contribute to the green transition. This includes banks, pension funds, and public funds and their investments in fossil fuels and green technologies—and how to create the best framework for investing in the transition.

In his Policy Fellowship, Eigil examines how the Center can operate in a changed political and economic landscape and develop its strategy so that the Center becomes even better at working with Nordic cash flows for the benefit of the climate.

Gro Høyer Thielst · Journalist, Dagbladet Børsen

Gro Høyer Thielst holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from Roskilde University and has since worked as a journalist at Dagbladet Børsen. She has been an editor and writer in areas such as culture, food, and health, but in recent years has focused on investments, particularly the stock market. Gro also hosts the Børsen Investor podcast. She is interested in how investors can broaden their horizons to understand what affects companies' earnings and growth opportunities. To this end, she has obtained a certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.

In her Policy Fellowship, Gro is investigating how private investors can best make sustainable investments.

Karin Breck · Director of Policy and Development, The Danish Consumer Council (Forbrugerrådet Tænk)

Karin Breck is Director of Policy and Development at the Danish Consumer Council with management responsibility for the organization's political advocacy in areas such as sustainable consumption and the green transition. She is also responsible for the Danish Consumer Council's international work. Karin Breck began her career as a consumer policy advisor at the Danish Consumer Council and, after several years as head of office at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, she returned to the Danish Consumer Council. She represents consumers in dealings with legislators, authorities, the business community, and industry organizations, and sits on a number of committees that have sustainable consumption and the green transition on their agenda, both nationally and internationally.

In her Policy Fellowship, Karin will examine which consumer initiatives are most important for the green transition, how these can be promoted without compromising consumer rights, and how a focus on structural societal efforts can be ensured so that the green responsibility does not rest solely with the individual consumer.

Mads Dalum Libergren · Senior Advisor, Ministry of Finance

Mads works as a senior advisor in the Ministry of Finance's Green Policy Center, where he is responsible for European and international climate and energy policy. As Denmark's representative in the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, he leads a global initiative to strengthen the capacity of finance ministries to analyze and address climate-related challenges.

In his policy fellowship, Mads will examine how the Ministry of Finance can improve its analytical capacity to design and support long-term green transition policy.

Marie Stenberg Lund · Head of Office, Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities

Marie Stenberg Lund works in the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities as Head of Office in the Center for Offshore Renewable Energy, where she deals with many aspects of offshore wind power development, including tender conditions, integration with the energy system, and interaction with other interests at sea.

In her Policy Fellowship, Marie will examine how future energy policy should be organized in a new geopolitical context, including the requirements this places on cooperation between authorities and industry.

Mikkel Minor · Sustainability Manager, LB Forsikring

Mikkel Minor is Sustainability Manager at LB Forsikring, a member-owned company with 450,000 members. He is responsible for developing and implementing strategies, reporting, and initiatives within sustainability. Mikkel has held this position since 2022 and was previously a CSR consultant in the same organization for five years. Previously, he was CSR and Public Affairs Manager at the Danish Football Association (2011–2017). He is also active in the school circle at the Sports Schools in Oure and the representative committee of the health insurance company “Danmark”.

In his Policy Fellowship, Mikkel wants to explore how insurance companies can play a more active role in the green transition and use their interaction with customers to promote sustainable choices when claims need to be settled.

Sofie Holme Andersen · Chief Economist, Economic Council of the Labour Movement

Sofie Holme Andersen is Chief Economist at the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM) and works broadly with the Danish economy – including economic models, accounting principles, the labour market and economic policy. Sofie has been with ECLM since 2018 and has previously worked at the Secretariat of the Economic Council and Statistics Denmark. In her work, she has followed the green transition with a focus on the consequences for public finances and the labor market.

In Sofie's Policy Fellowship, she wants to investigate the economic consequences of climate change on Danish society and learn more about how best to incorporate the consequences of climate change into economic calculation models.