Peter Wooders is International Institute for Sustainable Development's (IISD) Group Director, Energy and Programme Leader at the Global Subsidies Initiative. He is based in Geneva, with 20 years of experience across the energy sector, with a particular specialisation in electricity generation. Peter has developed a range of computer models including a suite of carbon market simulations covering both the EU and Kyoto systems.
Peter currently contributes to various IISD’s programmes, including Trade & Climate Change, notably Border Carbon Adjustment and the GHG impacts of possible Environmental Goods & Services agreements; Global Subsidies Initiative (fossil fuels and bio-fuels); Post-2012 Architecture of GHG Agreements; Carbon Markets and Climate Change Adaptation.
Initially trained as an engineer, Peter first worked in technology research with British Gas. He then spent 15 years as an Energy & Environment consultant, working on issues from energy efficiency in Hungary to the cost-benefit analysis of clean air policies in Egypt to the economics of nuclear waste disposition in the UK. His clients have included the World Bank, EBRD, various European Commission departments and a wide range of private sector companies.