Fernanda Ballesteros

Fernanda is a Ph.D. Student and Research Associate at the Climate Policy Department, where she studies the economics of climate-related transition risks and the financing and regulatory questions they raise for energy-intensive industry as it transforms toward climate neutrality. She studied Public Policy at the Hertie School and Università Bocconi for her Master's degree and completed her Bachelor's degree at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). For her Master's thesis, she analyzed the impact of energy taxes on energy poverty indicators in the EU at a macro level.