Thomas Hirsch
Treasurer
Founding Director, Climate & Development Advice
Mr. Thomas Hirsch, diploma geographer and political scientist by profession (University of Heidelberg), is the Founding Director of Climate & Development Advice, a consultancy network providing services in terms of policy research & advice, strategy development, networking & dialogue, communication, capacity building & project development at the interface of climate and development. Since 2014, he has published about 60 articles and publications in six languages including some on climate risk management and risk insurance, as ‘Protected against climate damage’ (2017), ‘Climate Risk Financing’ (2019), ‘Climate Finance for Addressing Loss and Damage’ (2019), and ‘Climate Risk Insurance and Risk Financing in the Context of Climate Change’ (2020). Furthermore, he authored strategy papers, developed projects, served as an appraiser of climate funds, as evaluator and trainer, and as senior climate policy advisor on behalf of governments, public institutions, funds, and civil society organizations.
Before founding Climate & Development Advice in 2013, Thomas Hirsch served, amongst others, as the Development Policy Representative of the German development and humanitarian aid agency Bread for the World, as Finance Director of the human rights organization FIAN International, as trade policy advisor at Greenpeace, as campaigner of an international fair trade network, and as lecturer at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology.
Mr. Thomas Hirsch, diploma geographer and political scientist by profession (University of Heidelberg), is the Founding Director of Climate & Development Advice, a consultancy network providing services in terms of policy research & advice, strategy development, networking & dialogue, communication, capacity building & project development at the interface of climate and development. Since 2014, he has published about 60 articles and publications in six languages including some on climate risk management and risk insurance, as ‘Protected against climate damage’ (2017), ‘Climate Risk Financing’ (2019), ‘Climate Finance for Addressing Loss and Damage’ (2019), and ‘Climate Risk Insurance and Risk Financing in the Context of Climate Change’ (2020). Furthermore, he authored strategy papers, developed projects, served as an appraiser of climate funds, as evaluator and trainer, and as senior climate policy advisor on behalf of governments, public institutions, funds, and civil society organizations.
Before founding Climate & Development Advice in 2013, Thomas Hirsch served, amongst others, as the Development Policy Representative of the German development and humanitarian aid agency Bread for the World, as Finance Director of the human rights organization FIAN International, as trade policy advisor at Greenpeace, as campaigner of an international fair trade network, and as lecturer at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology.