
Ricarda Faber
MA (Public Policy)
BA (Political Science)
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Ricarda Faber is a Researcher at Ecologic Institute. Her research focuses on the design and implementation of European and German energy and climate mitigation policy. In particular, she analyzes regulatory frameworks that accelerate a just scaling up of renewable energies and system transformation. Further research interests include sustainable finance. Ricarda Faber is a native German speaker and fluent in English.
At Ecologic Institute, Ricarda Faber is part of the EU Horizon 2020 research project "Transformative Policies for a Climate-Neutral European Union (4I-TRACTION)", where she is responsible for the coordination of the project. In addition, she contributes to a comparative country case study on the roll-out of smart meters in Europe. In the research project StromNachbarn, which is part of the research network Ecornet Berlin, she analyzed the socio-ecological effects of tenant electricity systems in Berlin by means of a tenant survey. In addition, she conducted an institutional and actor analysis in the field of transport and energy in the project WenaMoNi. The research uncovered opportunities and barriers for sustainable mobility in Lower Saxony (Germany). A special focus was on sector coupling and hydrogen.
Before joining Ecologic Institute, she gained experience as Project Assistant at adelphi Consult in the fields of sustainable consumption and international climate policy. There, she supported the implementation of national policies and the design of a monitoring database of UN SDG 12 and Agenda 2030 activities. In addition, Ricarda Faber conducted best practice case study research of country climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies as part of the global database initiative "Partnership for Transparency in the Paris Agreement (PATPA)" of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
Ricarda Faber holds a master's degree in Public Policy with a focus on energy and climate from the University of Potsdam. As a scholarship holder of the Swiss-European Mobility Program, she studied one semester at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). Under the Climate Finance and Policy and Energy and Technology Policy groups at the Swiss Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Ricarda Faber wrote her master's thesis on the politics of green financial policy by analyzing the EU Taxonomy design process. She completed her bachelor's degree in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin (FUB), which she centered on climate change, global governance and climate justice. As a scholarship holder of the University Alliance for Sustainability (UAS), Ricarda Faber researched the topic of "Societal Transformation to Sustainability" in Beijing during a student exchange with Peking University.
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Selected projects by Ricarda Faber
Transformative Policies for a Climate-neutral European Union (4i-TRACTION)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
The EU Taxonomy as an Instrument to Reach Climate Neutrality
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Stiftung Mercator, Germany
Restrictions of the EEG Regulations for the Use of PV Electricity in the Building Sector
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Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), Germany
Green Deal – Big Deal? Discussing Europe's Green Future
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Evidence-based Assessment for the Design of the German Energy Transition (Ariadne)
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
ElectricityNeighbours – Can tenants in Berlin's apartment buildings become prosumers through solar power projects and sector coupling?
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Governing Mayor of Berlin, Senate Chancellery , Germany
Energy Prosumption in Europe
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European Environment Agency (EEA), International
Buildings in Recovery Plans
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European Climate Foundation (ECF), Netherlands
Transitioning to Net Zero' Success Stories
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Smart Energy for Europe Platform (SEFEP), International Agora Energiewende, Germany
Leapfrogging to a Resilient Europe
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Laudes Foundation, International Partners for a New Economy (P4NE), Switzerland
Integrated Approaches for the Renovation and Modernisation of the Built Environment
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European Commission, Directorate-General Energy (DG Energy), International
Selected publications by Ricarda Faber
Ecologic Institute 2023: CLIMATE ON AIR – Discussing the future of EU climate policy. Podcast. Online: https://www.4i-traction.eu/outputs/4i-traction-podcast-climate-air-discussing-future-eu-climate-policy
Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2022: EU-Taxonomie: Ein guter Schritt für mehr Nachhaltigkeit? Knowledge for Future – Der Umwelt-Podcast. 21 December 2022. Online: https://detektor.fm/politik/knowledge-for-future-eu-taxonomie
Görlach, Benjamin, Leon Martini, Ricarda Faber, Aaron Best, Pol Fontanet Pérez (2022): Report on core instruments and avenues for transformative climate policies. 4i-TRACTION Deliverable 4.1. Ecologic Institute; Berlin.
Umpfenbach, Katharina et al. 2022: StromNachbarn: Reformoptionen für einen beschleunigten Ausbau von Photovoltaikanlagen auf Mehrfamilienhäusern in Berlin. Wissen. Wandel. Berlin. | Report Nr. 24. Berlin: Ecologic Institut.
Umpfenbach, K., Faber, R. (2021). StromNachbarn: Evaluation der sozialen und ökologischen Wirkungen von Mieterstromanlagen in Berlin, Berlin: Ecornet Berlin.
Velten, Eike Karola and Ricarda Faber 2020: Why the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility must prioritise investments in building renovation. A short think piece. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.
Selected events by Ricarda Faber
Digital Event:Models for the Generation and Use of PV Electricity for Multi-party Buildings
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Digital Event:Financing Europe's Green Transition – The EU Taxonomy Regulation
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Dinner Dialogue:What's Next for the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance?
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Digital Event:What Role do Tenants Play in the Energy Transition in Berlin?
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Conference:Leapfrogging to a Resilient Europe
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