Jacopo Bencini Employment History Country Representative - Italy at Chatham House - Royal Institute of International Affairs, London (United Kingdom), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) December 2018 February 2019 Researcher at Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - German Development Institute DIE, Bonn (Germany) March 2018 December 2018 Investigating the potential, and challenges, of non-state climate action (by local governments, businesses, NGOs, community-led organizations) in Africa, and in the European Union. Member of the Klimalog research team. Lead author of "Non-state climate action in Africa" (DIE, forthcoming) and co-author of "Toolbox for multi-stakeholder climate partnerships" (EESC, 2018). Part of the research team conducting the analysis for the UNFCCC's 2018 Yearbook of Global Climate Action. AU-EU YPII Fellow - Environment and Climate Change cluster at African Union Commission, Europan Union Commission (EEAS), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Brussels (Belgium), Abidjan (Côte d'ivoire) September 2017 December 2017 Producing policy proposals for a renewed AU-EU partnership on environmental preservation and climate change in occasion of the 2017 AU-EU Summit. Main topics: governance and sustainable management of natural resources; possible expansions of the African Great Green Wall initiative; a new AU-EU Initiative on Sustainable Infrastructural Development (the "Green ID"); development of mobile apps for payments of ecosystem services and risk assessment. Junior Fellow at ICCG International Center for Climate Governance, Venice (Italy) July 2017 December 2017 Visiting Research Fellow / Contributor at ICCG International Center for Climate Governance, Venice (Italy) September 2016 June 2017 City Councillor for the Environment, Budget, Communications, and International Relations at Comune di Pontassieve - Pontassieve City Administration, Pontassieve (Italy) June 2014 Present Education Details via della Repubblica 58, Pontassieve (FI), 50065, Italy, +39.340.7850099 jacopobencinimyszka@gmail.co m Date / Place of birth 1989-10-17 Nationality Italian Driving license B - Europe Links Twitter LinkedIn Skills Research Environmental Policy International Relations EU Environmental Legislation African Energy Policies African Politics Climate Diplomacy Local Governance City Governance International Aid and Development Cooperation Languages Italian English French German
Master's Degree in International Relations and EU Studies - graduated with honours, University of Florence, January 2013 May 2016 Master's Thesis: "The 2015 Paris Agreement: setting a new framework for International Environmental Agreements?". Awarded 110/110 cum laude. [teach. languages: English, French] Polish Arabic Bachelor's Degree in Political Science - International Studies, University of Florence, September 2008 April 2011 Courses Financing Infrastructure in African Cities, UCLG Africa - Erasmus University Rotterdam (via Coursera) August 2018 Present Climate Change in an Era of Uncertainty, University of the Basque Country, BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change, San Sebastian (Spain) July 2017 Aid and Development Cooperation Project Management, COSPE Onlus (NGO),, Stockholm (Sweden) October 2014 June 2016 Internships Trainee - EU Youth Projects on the Environment and Climate Change at ICSE&Co., June 2017 August 2017 Trainee - Civic Lab Project at Comune di Pontassieve - Pontassieve city administration, Pontassieve (Italy) October 2013 May 2014 Consulate Trainee at Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Yemen, October 2013 April 2014 Communications and Public Relations Trainee at European University Institute (EUI), Fiesole (Italy) September 2011 December 2011 Extra-curricular activities Youth Ambassador 2018 at The ONE Campaign - Europe 2018 Present Climate Negotiations Team Member at Italian Climate Network April 2017 Present
Youth Ambassador 2017 at The ONE Campaign - Europe 2017 Volunteer at Saharawinsieme Onlus (NGO), Pontassieve (Italy), Tindouf (Algeria) June 2011 June 2014 Certifications TOEFL ibt License 0000000028180346-106/120 - The American Language Center of Florence (2016) References ACADEMIC: Prof. Maria Grazia Pazienza (Master's Degree Thesis supervisor) from University of Florence mariagrazia.pazienza@unifi.it +39.055.2759737 PROFESSIONAL: Prof. Carlo Carraro (former ICCG director) from University of Venice Ca'Foscari ccarraro@unive.it +39.041.2349177 Publications September 2016 Present J. Bencini - "Is Africa an enabling environment for non-state climate action?", DIE Discussion Paper, forthcoming, 2018. S.Chan, J.Bencini - "Boosting climate action in the European Union", DIE Policy Brief 21/2018, 2018. J.Bencini - "Global Climate Action Summit: da San Francisco la reazione di città, imprese e società civile a Trump" in Il Fatto Quotidiano, 26 September 2018. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/09/26/global-climate-action-summit-dasan-francisco-la-reazione-di-citta-imprese-e-societa-civile-a-trump/4640294/ S.Chan, J.Bencini - "Toolbox for multi-stakeholder climate partnerships. A policy framework to stimulate bottom-up climate actions", EESC study, 2018. https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-otherwork/publications/toolbox-multi-stakeholder-climate-partnerships-policyframework-stimulate-bottom-climate-actions-study J. Bencini - "Clima, dalla Costa d Avorio l ambizione della società africana", in Il Fatto Quotidiano, 2 July 2018. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/07/02/clima-dalla-costa-davoriolambizione-della-societa-africana/4463322/ J. Bencini, N. Hlophe - "Together for Youth, with Youth", in VITA International,
29 November 2017. J.Bencini - "The Pacific COP a stage for Small Island Developing States", in International Climate Policy, n.49, November, 2017. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/international-climate-policy-n-49/ http://www.vitainternational.media/en/article/2017/11/29/together-for-youthwith-youth/717/ J. Bencini - "La COP del Pacifico è un'occasione per parlare di adattamento", in Gli Stati Generali, 9 November 2017. http://www.glistatigenerali.com/clima/la-cop-del-pacifico-e-unoccasione-perparlare-di-adattamento/ J. Bencini - "Clima: a quali condizioni può funzionare l'accordo di Parigi", in Il Fatto Quotidiano, 7 October 2017. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/10/07/clima-a-quali-condizioni-puofunzionare-laccordo-di-parigi/3898023/ J. Bencini - "Paris Agreement: transparency rules as an increasingly political matter", in International Climate Policy, n.48, September, 2017. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/international-climate-policy-n-48/ J. Bencini - "Developments in CCS: time for direct air capture and CO2 reuse?", in International Climate Policy, n.47, August, 2017. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/international-climate-policy-n-47/ J. Bencini - "The fossil fuel divestment campaign worldwide and in Europe", in International Climate Policy, n.46, May, 2017. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/international-climate-policy-n-46/ J. Bencini - "Could African regional institutions foster cooperative energy policies?", in International Climate Policy, n.46, May, 2017. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/international-climate-policy-n-46/ J. Bencini - "Energy revolution in post-revolutionary Tunisia?", in International Climate Policy, n.44, January, 2017. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/internationalclimatepolicy-n-44/ J. Bencini - "Morocco transitions from net importer to green energy leader", in International Climate Policy, n.43, November, 2016. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/international-climate-policy-n-43/ J. Bencini - "What does the Paris deal mean to the African continent?", in International Climate Policy, n.42, September, 2016. http://www.iccgov.org/iccgstudies/international-climate-policy-n-42/
Individual Projects and Post-Degree Academia Experiences Climate Policy Observer - Focus Africa series September 2016 February 2017 Focus Africa is a series of country-specific articles produced by Climate Policy Observer on the current and planned climate policies of over fi een African states. Outstanding polluters and climate influencers, such as Nigeria and Egypt, have been analyzed as long as green, promising small nations some of which presented very ambitious pledges on their way to the 2015 Paris COP21. A great degree of complexity clearly emerges by comparing, for instance, the promising Kenyan solar market with oil-tied rentier nations as Algeria, or the low degree of electrification and electricity production of the smaller states with South Africa s coal-reliant energy economy. All articles at: http://climateobserver.org/? s=focus+africa "From Kyoto to Paris" - Energy, Environment and EU Security course - Ending seminar -University of Florence December 2016 December 2016 I conducted a lecture seminar on climate change policies and diplomacy for students from the Master's Degree in International Relations - Energy, Environment, and EU Security. The initiative was hosted by the University of Florence and proposed by my former mentor Prof. M.G. Pazienza. [teach. language: English]