Biography

Denis Machnik is the Co-Teamlead of the Climate Policy Program at Berlin-based think tank, adelphi. He leads projects on the voluntary carbon market and MRV of greenhouse gas emissions. Among other things, he was responsible for the analysis of the voluntary carbon market in Germany in 2021 on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency.

Previously, he worked as a project manager at atmosfair gGmbH. In this role, he developed and managed CDM and GS projects in Honduras, India, Kenya, Tanzania and Thailand. He was also responsible for evaluating new technologies for use in the voluntary carbon market. Denis holds a Diploma in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin with a focus on GHG accounting.