EU Initiative Director
Anna Müller-Debus is the EU Initiative Director for Climate Imperative, leading efforts to combat carbon emissions across all sectors at the national and European level. This includes work on 2030 and 2050 clean energy targets; translating the European framework into domestic policies; and showing that despite good progress on policy under the EU Green Deal, more can and should be done.
Anna has many years of experience in climate philanthropy. She developed and implemented strategies at Mercator Foundation and at European Climate Foundation. Alongside her position at Climate Imperative, Anna is the Director of the European Climate Hub, a joint initiative by Climate Imperative and the Allianz Foundation.
Anna previously worked with Deloitte and most recently with Ernst & Young, where she helped develop the European climate portfolio as Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Strategy. She spent several years as a research associate at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy; completed a B.A. in Philosophy & Economics and a MS.c. in policy analysis; and holds a Ph.D. in political science and economics from Freie Universität Berlin. She is based in Berlin, Germany.
