12: Yellow Vests and Energy Poverty: Questions of Distribution in Climate and Energy Policy
Supported by Chamber of Labour, Vienna
High taxes on Diesel and growing inequality were the explosive mix which fuelled the ‘yellow vest’ protests. This example shows that climate protection only functions if its social impact is also taken into account. How can the costs of climate-friendly policy be distributed fairly?
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Dr. Sigrid STAGL
Head, Institute for Ecological Economics, WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna
1996-1997 | Lecturer, Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
1997 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY |
2001-2001 | Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY |
2001 | Visiting Scholar, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge |
2001-2005 | Consultant, Austrian Federal Ministry of Environmental Affairs, Vienna |
2004 | Lecturer, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds |
2007-2009 | Visiting Researcher, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen |
2005-2009 | Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna |
since 2011 | Senior Fellow, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex |
since 2008 | Advisor, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
since 2014 | Full Professor, Environmental Economics and Policy, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
Reporter, FWF - Austrian Science Fund, Vienna | |
Deputy Department Chair, Socioeconomics Department, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna | |
2015-2019 | Head, Institute for Ecological Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
since 2019 | Deputy Head, Research Institute Economics of Inequality; Head, Competence Center for Sustainability Transformation and Responsibility, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
Michael BERNHARD
Member, NEOS National Council; Spokesman, Climate, Environment and Family; Chairman, Committee on Petitions and Citizens' Initiatives; Group Leader, NEOS, Eurofighter U Committee, Vienna
2001-2005 | Kundenbeziehungsmanagement, UTA Telekom, Wien |
2004-2008 | Ausbildung in den Bereichen Management, Steuer & Recht (Telekom-Branche), Wien |
2005-2010 | Steuerung Outsourcingprojekt, Process Management, Tele2, Wien |
seit 2011 | Geschäftsführer, global office Franchise AT GmbH, Wien |
2012-2014 | Stv. Vorsitzender, Liberales Forum Bund, Wien |
seit 2013 | Obmann, Ausschuss für Petitionen und Bürgerinitiativen, Wien |
2013-2014 | Landessprecher, Liberales Forum Wien |
seit 2013 | Abgeordnete, Nationalrat NEOS, Wien |
Umwelt- und Klimasprecher, NEOS, Wien | |
Finanzreferent, NEOS Klub, Wien | |
seit 2014 | Finanzreferent, NEOS Lab und NEOS Bundespartei, Wien |
seit 2015 | Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, Pristis Holding GmbH, Wien |
Familiensprecher, NEOS, Wien | |
seit 2017 | Fraktionsführer, NEOS im 2. und 3. Eurofighter-Untersuchungsausschuss, Wien |
Mag. Dr. Jürgen SCHNEIDER
Head, Section IV - Climate, Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Vienna
1984-1990 | Diplomstudium Chemie, Universität Wien |
1990-1994 | Doktoratsstudium in Biochemie, Universität Wien |
1994 | Universitätsassistent, Universität Wien |
1994-2002 | Abteilung für Lufthygiene, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Wien |
2002-2004 | Projektmanager, WHO - Weltgesundheitsorganisation, Bonn |
2004-2007 | Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Wien |
2007-2014 | Leitung, Bereich Wirtschaft und Wirkung, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Wien |
2011-2018 | Prokurist und Mitglied, Leitungsgremium, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Wien |
seit 2018 | Leiter, Sektion Klima, Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus, Wien |
B.Sc. Johannes STANGL
Strategy and Coordination, Fridays For Future; President, Initiative Group Alpbach, Vienna
2015-2018 | Studies, Physics and Philosophy, University of Vienna |
2018 | Teaching Assistant, University of Vienna |
Junior Data Scientist, twingz - the intelligence of things, Vienna | |
since 2018 | Studies, Computational Science, University of Vienna |
since 2019 | Co-Initiator and Spokesperson, Fridays For Future Vienna |
Joseph GEPP
Editor, Economy Column, Profil, Vienna
2006-2007 | Employee, Monthly Magazine Date, Ressort Welt, Vienna |
2007-2010 | Editor, Falter Magazine, City Life Section, Vienna |
2010-2015 | Editor, Falter Magazine, Politics Section, Vienna |
since 2015 | Editor, Profil Newspaper, Economy Column, Vienna |