Hanne Knaepen

Hanne Knaepen is an ECDPM policy officer, focusing on climate change issues within the program on regional and local markets for agriculture development and food security. She received her doctorate in Global Environmental Studies from Kyoto University, Japan, where she resided for a period of four years.

Latest Articles

How to secure food under the climate change pressure

about 10 years ago // #PlanetWorth

A well-balanced global agreement by the end of COP21 will recognize the need to include agriculture, writes Hanne Knaepen, policy officer on climate change issues at ECDPM, in this guest commentary.

From Lima to Paris: 5 promising pathways for a joint EU-Africa position on climate change

about 11 years ago // UN Climate Change Conference

Europe and Africa have a long history of cooperation on climate action. But if the EU and Africa wish to defend a common position at next year's COP21 in Paris, ECPDM's Hanne Knaepen explains both sides should be on the same page in five key areas of the negotiations for a global climate deal in 2015.

EU cannot afford climate change 'oblivion'

over 11 years ago // NY #GlobalDev Week

If the European Union wants to remain an effective global leader in fighting climate change, Commission President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker needs to backpedal and undo many of his recent changes. How? Two experts from the European Centre for Development Policy Management offer five concrete tips.

What China's shift away from self-sufficiency means for African agriculture

over 11 years ago // #FeedingDev

Here's what China, Europe and others should do to expand agricultural investment in Africa. A guest commentary for Feeding Development by Hanne Knaepen of the European Centre for Development Policy Management.

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