Policy Fellows 2022-2023

Line Berg Madsen, Partner, Poul Schmith/ Kammeradvokaten

Line has 15 years’ experience with sustainability in relation to compliance, regulation and implementation among investors, financial firms and industrial companies.

Through her fellowship (which she shares with Sune Fugleholm), Line seeks to provide the company with interdisciplinary knowledge on climate changes and to gain insight into various connections between climate changes and forms of regulation focussing specifically on financial and social aspects of the green transition.

Sune Fugleholm, Partner, Poul Schmith/ Kammeradvokaten

Sune advises state energy, environmental and climate authorities on regulatory issues, including future regulation and application of existing regulation. For more than 20 years, he has advised state authorities on energy law issues in particular.

Through his fellowship (which he shares with Line Berg Madsen), Sune seeks to provide the company with the latest interdisciplinary knowledge on climate changes and to gain insight into various connections between climate changes and forms of regulation focussing specifically on financial and social aspects of the green transition.

Anna Jönsson, Administrative Officer, Finance Administration, City of Copenhagen

Anna focusses on food and climate for the City of Copenhagen. As Project Manager of the municipality’s Food and Meal Strategy, she seeks to make meals in the public sector more climate friendly and to improve food systems in and around the city. She has also worked on sustainable urban development for C40 and holds a master’s degree in Urban Government from SciencesPo, Paris. Anna’s fascination with food systems has i.a. brought her to Brazil, where she worked on milking systems, and to Kalø, where she took an introductory course in organic farming.

As a fellow, Anna will explore future sustainable food systems focussing on how the City of Copenhagen can be a key player in a green transition of the Danish food system.

Anne Thomassen, Head of Office, Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities

Anne holds an MSc in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and a degree in international relations from the Sorbonne. She is currently undergoing further training in finance at the Copenhagen Business School. Anna has focussed on green transition for more than 10 years, especially green innovation, new business models and policy development. She has worked on green transition at i.a. the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs and the Danish Green Investment Fund in the cross field between industrial policy, access to capital and green transition. Today, she is Head of Division at the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities, where she works in a department focussing on policy development and different agendas – from data and consumption-based climate footprints to energy efficiency improvement and behaviour.

As a fellow, Anne will concentrate on broadly applicable knowledge on the green transition of benefit to consumers, businesses and the public sector.

Cecilie Fenger Michaelsen, Team Leader, Section for Green Diplomacy and Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Cecilie is head of the team for global climate ambitions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark’s Section for Green Diplomacy and Climate. She is committed to contributing to raising the level of global climate ambitions and is responsible for the Ministry’s participation in key political processes relating to the green transition, including the COP negotiations, the EU Fit-for-55, Danish climate diplomacy and energy supply and security.

As a fellow, Cecilie explores ways to increase international support for faster green transition and ensure that other crises do not affect the green transition. 

Christine Lunde Rasmussen, Senior Market Manager, Social Sustainability and Just Transition, Rambøll Management Consulting 

As Senior Market Manager for Social Sustainability and Just Transition, Christine advises stakeholders in the public and private sector, philanthropy and civil society on sustainability and the triple bottom line. Christine has trained as a sociologist and has more than 15 years experience with analysis and knowledge products, evaluation, impact measurement, process facilitation and communication across the welfare and technical domains. For the past three years, Christine has been responsible for strengthening cooperation on social sustainability across Rambøll Denmark (Henning Larsen Architects, Construction, Water, Energy and Transport).

As a fellow, Christine will explore the social impact of the green transition, and how we can balance the green transition, social justice and security/quality of services. Christine focusses especially on strategic urban development and environments as well as public rooting and behavioural change.

Sigrid Bjerre Andersen, Climate Policy Adviser, Global Focus

Global Focus is a platform for 80 Danish development, humanitarian and environmental organisations. Sigrid holds a degree in international development studies and has been passionate about global climate justice and climate diplomacy since she participated in her first climate summit in 2008. Together with the members of Global Focus, she promotes a Danish effort to be at the forefront of a socially just green transition that respects human rights and protects population groups in exposed areas in the global south. At the same time, she promotes green transition in the Danish development sector focussing on CO2 reduction and climate adaptation in organisations, projects and partnerships.

As a fellow, Sigrid will focus on local ownership of the green transition and i.a. explore how local climate knowledge from e.g. indigenous peoples, women, girls and other minorities in the global south can be included, applied and reflected in international climate negotiations.

Paolo Perotti, Chief Legal Officer, Ministry of Environment of Denmark

Paolo has more than 20 years’ experience from central government administration (the Ministry of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Food and now the Ministry of Environment of Denmark) focusing on nature, environment and energy. He has held positions close to the political level (e.g. secretariat of the management of the ministry and secretary to the minister, Connie Hedegaard) as well as positions with a legal focus. Paolo is curious, has vision and global focus. He is currently completing a postgraduate course in management and strategy at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

As a fellow, Paolo will explore how Ministry regulations can support the green transition focusing on specific obstacles and future trends and possibilities. In addition, he will concentrate on the increasing application of international law for climate and biodiversity protection.

Niels Lund, Vice President, Global Prevention and Health Promotion, Novo Nordisk

Niels is responsible for Novo Nordisk’s global programmes of prevention and health promotion, including the urban network Cities Changing Diabetes, which is found in more than 40 cities worldwide. The programme focusses especially on social and cultural factors affecting the risk of obesity and diabetes. The programme cooperates with the climate organisation C40 on identifying co-benefits in urban planning that support better health and a better climate.

Niels holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and an MBA from the George Washington University, Washington DC. He is Co-Chair for the Health and Healthcare Strategy Officers’ Council at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and a member of the WEF Global Future Council Cities of Tomorrow. Niels sits on the board at Save the Children, Denmark.

As a fellow, Niels will produce recommendations for the private sector and contribute to solutions in the cross field between climate and health.