Climate Change Administration

Adjunct Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, and Adjunct Professors at the Department of Economics, National Cheng-Chi University, and the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, specializes in economic and policy analysis of natural resources, environmental quality, and sustainability issues. Dr. Shaw has published many articles in several professional journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Marine Resource Economics, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Natural Hazards, Energy Policy, Environmental Politics, Climate Change Economics, Marine Resource Economics, Social Indicators Research, Risk Analysis, etc. In addition, Dr. Shaw won the Ministry of Education Academic Award for Distinguished Scholarship in 1995. In 2019, his paper entitled "The Impact of Global Warming on Agriculture: A Ricardian Analysis," co-authored with Robert Mendelsohn and William D. Nordhaus and published in American Economic Review (1994) was recognized by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) as the 2019 AERE Publication of Enduring Quality. Dr. Shaw was selected as one of the first two AAERE (East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics) Fellows in 2023 for his 40 years of contribution to education and research in environmental and resource economics. Dr. Shaw served as President of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research from 2006 to 2011, President of AAERE from 2012 to 2013, President of the Chinese Regional Science Association-Taiwan from 2011 to 2013, and President of the Taiwan Association of Environmental and Resource Economics in 2014 to 2015, and 2018 to 2019 again. He is a Co-Editor of Climate Change Economics (World Scientific) and on the editorial board of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (Springer). He received his Ph.D. in resource policy, economics, and management from the University of Michigan in 1985, his MS in forest management in 1978 from National Taiwan University, and his BS in forestry in 1974 from National Chung-Hsing University.

Daniela, is an Environmental Engineer and climate action expert with over 15 years of experience in the energy, ICT, and urban sustainability sectors. With master's degrees in Sustainable Energy Development and City Sciences, she works to bridge the gap between cutting-edge solutions and real-world sustainability impact.

As the Head of Green Digital Transformation at ICLEI Europe, Daniela plays a pivotal role in supporting cities to integrate digital, green, and sustainability agendas. She oversees smart city projects, fosters collaboration with different partners on data-driven and AI-enabled climate action initiatives, and provides strategic advice to EU smart cities and climate initiatives. She also drives ICLEI's monitoring, reporting, and evaluation efforts, ensuring accountability and progress.

Previously, she consulted for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), shaping Green ICT standards for smarter, cleaner cities. Her leadership for almost 10 years at Telefonica, a global telecom operator, saw her establish their Climate Change Office, impacting environmental practices in 26 countries across Europe and Latin America. Daniela's expertise also fueled her work as a technical advisor in her home country Ecuador Ministry of Energy and Mines and for the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE).

Daniela actively participates in international working groups, fostering collaboration to build low-carbon, resilient and smart cities worldwide.

Since 2008 Frans-Anton Vermast MBA (1969) has been Strategy Advisor and International Smart City Ambassador for Amsterdam Smart City.

He is a global expert in searching for opportunities for novel appliances and services that make cities and regions an accessible and inclusive society and a more habitable place for people to live, work and play in.

Next to a strategic and broad general knowledge and experience in this field for almost 20 years Mr Vermast specialises in citizens engagement and governance- and finance models to facilitate collaboration in a multiple triple helix.

His objectives are to facilitate social innovation and a sustainable-liveable environment to boost social and economic benefits based on public data, open AI and open algorithms in a human centric approach. Ethics, gaining (back) trust of citizens & villagers and ownership of data to end users are important topics he focusses on. He is keen to elaborate on these issues and to learn from others.

"Innovation is about doing and learning by doing". Therefore, Mr Vermast is not afraid to share lessons learned to prevent other cities making the same mistakes.

Lars Nagel is CEO of the International Data Spaces Association with 140+ global members since its foundation in 2016. He is also a member of the Executive Board of Digital Hub Management GmbH, where he manages innovation and technology transfer. He has been member of the first board of directors of Gaia-X AISBL and held the role as COO in the first year, furthermore he is member of various advisory boards of European research projects.

Previously, Lars founded and led GlobalGate, a provider of corporate education programs with blended learning courses for industrial and economic content based on a digital learning platform.

Lars graduated at the Technical University of Dortmund with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Lars’ main fields of work are innovation management, network engagement and technology transfer - always with a focus on digital, complex systems and data economy.

Joined Delta in 2018 and currently serves as the Manager of the Corporate Sustainability Development Department.

Holds a degree from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and has over a decade of dedicated experience in sustainability. Has an extensive background in climate change, RE100, circular economy, and ecological initiatives, with a strong commitment to helping businesses achieve a balance between commercial success and ecological sustainability.