Cornelius Laaser

About

Policy officer for resource efficiency and circular economy at Ministry for the Environment, North Rhine-Westfalia. Past experience on sustainable development and strategic environmental forsight, adaptation to climate change at regional and local level, water resources managment and climate change, and knowldege brokering from science into decision making processes. Specialties: Conceptualisation of strategic approaches, coordinating policy action, stakeholder analysis and networking, drafting aid programmes

Experience

• Head of Unit for resource efficiency and circular economy at Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection, and Transport North Rhine-Westfalia
  Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

• Policy officer for strategic environmental forsight and sustainable development at Ministry for Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation & Consumer Protection
  Aug 2016 - Dec 2020 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  Conceptualising a political foresight system aligned to sustainable development goals. Its goal is to strengthen the strategic planning capacity in the organisation and shift to a more proactive governing style.

• Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation & Consumer Protection (Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westfalia)
  • Expert on implementing adaptation to climate change at the regional and local level
    May 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

    * Drafting a Federal State aid programme to support measures on climate mitigation and adaptation in municipalities * Interactive cooperation with municipalities for tailored conceptualisation of the aid programme * Project management * Government contracting and managment of contractors

  • Expert on adaptation to climate change
    May 2013 - Apr 2015 · 2 yrs

    * Elaborating the climate action plan (adaptation) for North Rhine-Westfalia; * Supporting Federal State policy development on adaptation to climate change; * Integrating national and international policy on adaptation to climate change into Federal State policy

• Researcher at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  Jan 2010 - Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  Fostering the targeted use of scientific result for decision making in the field of climate change and water resource management using knowledge brokering tools.

• Visiting Scientist at University of Hamburg
  Jun 2011 - Mar 2012 · 10 mos

  Partner in a cooperation between PIK (project PSI-connect) and University of Hamburg (project KLIMZUG-Nord) for 4 workshops in the metropolitan area of Hamburg. Designing and conducting a workshop-series that looks at communication and participation processes in the field of adaptation to climate change. Applying and testing instruments and tools for brokering scientific knowledge and bringing science and decision making closer together.