Jos Delbeke

Jos Delbeke (2016)

Jos Delbeke (* 1954 in Avelgem ) is a Belgian economist, EU civil servant and, since 2010, Director General for Climate Policy in the administration of the European Union .

Life

Jos Delbeke received his doctorate in economics from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1986 . He then joined the EU administrative service. In various positions he was particularly concerned with the topics of environmental protection, climate protection, sustainability and air pollution control. In 2008 he took over the post of Deputy Secretary General of the Directorate-General for the Environment and was appointed Director-General of the Directorate-General for Climate Change in 2010.

Honors

2009: Adam Smith Prize for market-based environmental policy

Web links

Official resume at the European Commission (English)

Individual evidence

^ Jos Delbeke - Down-to-earth realist . In: POLITICO . April 15, 2014 ( politico.eu [accessed April 2, 2018]).
^ Adam Smith Prize for market-based environmental policy . Website of the Ecological-Social Market Economy forum. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Delbeke, Jos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian economist, Director General of the European Union
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Avelgem

[1] Jos Delbeke - Down-to-earth realist . In: POLITICO . April 15, 2014 ( politico.eu [accessed April 2, 2018]).

[2] Adam Smith Prize for market-based environmental policy . Website of the Ecological-Social Market Economy forum. Retrieved October 7, 2019.