Finn Arnd Wendland

Economist for Energy and Climate Policy

Tel: +49 221 4981-798 Mail: wendland@iwkoeln.de

At IW since 2021
Studied economics (Université de Lausanne and Fudan University) and political science (Sciences Po and University of Toronto).

Research unit

IW Publications

Beznoska, Martin / Kauder, Björn / Wendland, Finn Arnd, 2023, Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien in Kommunen. Einflussfaktoren der dezentralen Energiewende in Nordrhein-Westfalen, in: IW-Trends, 49. Jg., Nr. 4/2022, S. 107-128
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Monsef, Roschan Pourkhataei / Wendland, Finn Arnd, 2022, Beschäftigte im Bereich erneuerbare Energien. Renaissance der beruflichen Ausbildung? Renaissance von Ausbildungsberufen infolge der Energiewende?, IW-Report, Nr. 57, Köln
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Fluchs, Sarah / Neligan, Adriana / Wendland, Finn Arnd, 2022, Klimaschutzinvestitionen, in: IW-Trends, 49. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 55-72
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Wendland, Finn Arnd, 2022, Identifikation von Schlüsselberufen der Transformation auf Basis der EU-Taxonomie, IW-Report, Nr. 22, Köln
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Kube, Roland / Wendland, Finn Arnd, 2021, Wie die EU die 2030-Klimaziele in den Sektoren Straßenverkehr und Gebäudewärme erreichen kann, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 13, Köln
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More from Finn Arnd Wendland

IW-Trends No. 4 25. January 2023

Factors Influencing the Decentralised Energy Transition in North Rhine-Westphalia

Martin Beznoska / Björn Kauder / Finn Arnd Wendland

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the most populous of Germany’s sixteen states and an industrial heartland, is a particular focus of the energy transition. Despite considerable progress in expanding the use of renewable energy, NRW still lags far behind other German states.

IW-Report No. 57 7. November 2022

Employees in the renewable energy sector: Renaissance of vocational training?

Roschan Monsef / Finn Arnd Wendland

In order to master the ecological transformation of the real economy, many qualified specialists will be needed in the coming years.

IW-Trends No. 2 30. May 2022

Climate Investments: Definitions and Documentation Principles

Sarah Fluchs / Adriana Neligan / Finn Arnd Wendland

Achieving climate neutrality requires investment in technologies which protect the climate from global warming and necessitates a process of transformation in all sectors of the economy.

IW-Report No. 22 14. May 2022

Identification of key transformation professions on the basis of the EU taxonomy

Finn Arnd Wendland

The economic transformation to carbon neutrality increasingly produces various forms of pressures in different job areas and on the labour market, especially in energy- and emission-intensive manufacturing industries.

Finn Wendland on EurActiv Contribution 28. September 2021

The EU taxonomy can strengthen SMEs in the green transition

Small and medium-sized companies will remain exempt from new disclosure rules on the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy starting in 2022. However corporate leaders would be well-advised to follow its implications, including SMEs, writes IW Climate Economist Finn Wendland.

IW-Policy Paper No. 14 23. July 2021

Ecologically sustainable or not?: The introduction of the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities

Peter Friedrich / Finn Wendland

The EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities (EU Taxonomy) is the lead instrument to integrate and promote sustainability in capital markets across the EU.

IW-Policy Paper No. 13 14. July 2021

How the EU can achieve the 2030 climate targets in the road transport and building heat sectors

Roland Kube / Finn Wendland

With the upcoming Fit-for-55 package the European Commission works towards implementing a set of wide-ranging legislative proposals to align policy frameworks across the EU with the objectives of the EU Green Deal.