Bentje Böer

Climate Finance | Sustainable Finance | PhD candidate @ ETH Zürich

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Doctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Consultant Sustainable Finance at The World Bank
    Aug 2024 - Apr 2025 · 9 mos

    - Build a database of green and social projects funded through sovereign GSS bonds (TRE) - Knowledge management of climate and nature-related projects across Finance Competitiveness and Investment (FCI) teams - Reviewed existing and proposed sustainable finance labeling regimes globally and their reception by financial market participants - Conceptualized critical decision points in designing labeling regimes and synthesized Lessons Learned - Identified risks and opportunities for EMDEs of the introduction of sustainable finance labeling regimes - Wrote internal research note for use with client countries about labeling regimes’ effects on EMDEs

  • Research Analyst Policy Analysis Unit at AidData
    May 2024 - Dec 2024 · 8 mos

    - Analyzed AidData’s proprietary Listening to Leaders survey spanning ten years of elite perceptions of donor organizations in over 140 low- and middle-income countries - Co-authored forthcoming flagship Listening to Leaders report (2025) based on quantitative analysis of large-n survey data, communicating research results to development professionals and policymakers - Co-authored policy briefs and reports for bilateral and multilateral donor organizations, evaluating their perceived performance across stakeholders and regions

  • External Consultant Finance for Climate Action at OECD - OCDE
    Mar 2024 - Oct 2024 · 8 mos

    - Researched climate-related financial policies in academic and grey literature - Researched and categorized literature on their effectiveness - Co-authored Chapter 4 of the OECD's Review on Aligning Finance with Climate Goals based on this research - Presented findings internally

  • Intern Investor Relations & Green Finance at Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Finanzagentur GmbH
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

    - Developed a concept for SFDR- compliant investor reporting on Principle Adverse Impact indicators for sovereigns - Validated concept with investors and institutional stakeholders, like the World bank, OECD, and climate bonds initiative - Presented concept to the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of the Environment - Conducted other research on sovereign sustainability issues