The JIN team

Catrinus Jepma

Prof. Dr. Catrinus J. Jepma LL.M is founder and chairman of JIN Climate and Sustainability and editor-in-chief of JIQ Magazine. In addition, he is Professor of Energy and Sustainability at the University of Groningen. As coordinating lead author of the Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1993 to 2007, he shared the Nobel Peace Price awarded to IPCC in 2007. Read more.

Wytze van der Gaast

Dr. Wytze van der Gaast is senior researcher at JIN Climate and Sustainability and editor of JIQ Magazine. He has worked for JIN since its foundation in 1995 and is expert on emissions trading, technology transfer, and sustainable development. In January 2015, he succesfully defended his PhD dissertation on the history of the international climate negotiations. Read more.

Eise Spijker

Eise Spijker MSc. joined JIN Climate and Sustainability in 2005, and is an expert on biomass-to-energy and waste-to-energy. He is specialised in greenhouse gas emission life cycle assessments related to renewable energy, as well as project-based CO₂-crediting schemes. He coordinates EU research projects on biomass-based energy. Read more.

Carlos Picón

Carlos Picón MSc. joined JIN Climate and Sustainability in 2021, and is an expert in climate adaptation-mitigation interactions, policymaking for unifying bottom-up and top-down development approaches, nature-based carbon capture and stakeholer engagement. He has a background in energy science.

William Powell