Dr. Peter Schniering, founder of the think tank Future Cleantech Architects, is a leading expert on climate policy and technology. With a PhD from Bonn University, his extensive career includes consulting roles with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), where he focused on sustainable energy solutions like hydrogen and carbon capture.
He has also served as a consultant at Roland Berger, advising on the cost and scalability of cleantech, and has held advisory positions with the World Economic Forum and the Solar Impulse Foundation. Recently, he was appointed as a third-party expert on transformational technologies for the German federal government and will serve on the Advisory Committee of the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
The Founders Pledge's climate research team identified the Future Cleantech Architects as a high impact climate non profit and supported them with a grant from our Climate Fund in 2021.