Mr Norbert Gorissen

Norbert Gorißen is director for climate and international energy politics in the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. He oversees units working on international climate action, UNFCCC, climate finance, bilateral climate cooperation, climate and security, international environment and energy politics and serves as the deputy to the Special Envoy for International Climate Action in the Foreign Office.Previously (until January 2022) he was deputy Director General in the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) for international policy. In this ministry, he held various positions for more than 22 year. Since 2008, he was responsible for the International Climate Initiativewith a budget of about 600 Mio €. For the EU he negotiated the finance provisions in the Paris Agreement. Earlier he headed the division “European Union” during the 2007 EU-presidencyof Germany and organised the international “renewables2004” conference in Bonn. He started his career at the Federal Environmental Agency in 1986. Norbert Gorißen, born 1958, married, 2 adult daughters, holds a diploma in mechanical engineering from the RWTH Aachen University.