Richard Smith

Richard Smith

Senior Policy Advisor, Global Energy Transition, E3G

Richard is a Senior Policy Advisor in the Global Energy Transition team at independent climate and energy think tank E3G, and is based in Brussels. His work is focused on EU energy diplomacy, and especially on how Europe can use its relationships with other countries to accelerate the global transition from fossil gas to green energy. Richard works on identifying innovative ways that the EU and Member States can use diplomatic instruments (for example bilateral partnerships, multilateral fora, and investment tools) to advance the global energy transition. The Mediterranean region is a key focus of Richard's work. E3G is an independent climate change think tank with a global outlook. E3G's goal is to translate climate politics, economics and policies into action. E3G works on the frontier of the climate landscape tackling the barriers and advancing the solutions to a safe climate.

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