Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf is a Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute and Head of the International and European Governance Program. With a background in international and European law, he focuses on climate policies, EU affairs, democracy and governance. He brings over twenty years of experience in these areas.

His current work addresses specifically the EU's 2040 climate target and the post 2030 framework of EU climate policies. He has worked extensively on regulatory frameworks for carbon removals, the European Climate Law and the EU Effort Sharing Regulation, as well as on the reform of the EU and its institutions.

Other strands of his work are fostering dialogue across the political divides – from left to right – and climate policies of political parties in Europe. He regularly contributes to the Tagesspiegel, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Euractive, EU Observer and IPG.

Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf is a co-founder, shareholder and former Executive Director of Democracy Reporting International (DRI), a Berlin-based NGO promoting democratic governance worldwide. In this capacity, he contributes to DRI's work on democracy in Europe, international law, and constitutional matters, and supports the organization's strategy processes and institutional development.