"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." Immanuel Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals

This categorical imperative should be valid for companies and citizens in the climate- and energy policy concerning their individual actions and their political demands to legislature. Only in this way the problem of climate change as the biggest market failure in history, as formulated by Nicholas Stern, can be solved. Following this line it does make sense to use marked based instruments as the best way to fulfill the polluter pays principle and to combine economy and ecology.

Professional duties:

• International, European and Austrian Climate- and Energy policy
• Business and communal climate strategies
• Communication in the field of climate and energy
• Climate protection projects

References of previous activities:

• Climate and Energy campaigner of Greenpeace in Central and Eastern Europe from 1997 to 2008
  - Leader and spokesperson of several anti-nuclear campaigns
  - Fine dust campaign in the transport sector
  - Presentation of the Greenpeace Smile (3 liter car) in the federal states of Austria
  - Coauthor of Studies on Climate Change impacts together with the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science
  - Spokesperson on climate related extreme weather events
  - Co-organizer and supporter of governmental climate conferences
  - Company related campaigns e.g.: Unicredit (Mochovce), OMV (Exploration and Climate policy)
• Umweltberatung Pöchlarn 1996

Education:

• 1984-1995 Studies of economics on the University of Economics in Vienna. Specialized on environmental economics