Milan Elkerbout
Fellow
Milan Elkerbout is a fellow at RFF working on international climate policy and on European climate policies to decarbonize energy-intensive industries in particular. He has worked extensively on the European Union’s emissions trading system (EU ETS), its various reforms, and its role in decarbonizing industry.
Elkerbout has led policy research on green steel, carbon capture and carbon removals, carbon leakage, climate clubs, as well as the EU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, energy crisis, and US Inflation Reduction Act. He has also written on industrial and innovation policy, the trade-climate policy nexus, and supranational governance, and has worked with policymakers, industry, civil society, and academia.
Elkerbout has a background in European political economy. Between 2014 and 2023, he was working for CEPS, a policy think tank in Brussels, as a research fellow and head of its climate program. From spring 2019, he spent a year as a visiting fellow at IVL Stockholm as part of the Mistra Carbon Exit research program.
Education
- MSc, political economy of Europe, London School of Economics (LSE)
- BA, European studies, Maastricht University
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Common Resources — Mar 15, 2024
Climate and Trade in a World of Resurgent Industrial Policy
Scholars at Resources for the Future discuss some of the topics of a recent conference on climate and trade, which Georgetown University hosted in February.
Common Resources — Dec 18, 2023
Takeaways from the COP28 Climate Conference
Scholars at Resources for the Future who attended the COP28 climate conference in Dubai this month share insights about from the conference and its negotiations. Some highlights: international trade, the energy transition, the global stocktake, and more.
In Focus — Dec 8, 2023
In Focus: The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
This video shares insights about the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, with RFF Fellow Milan Elkerbout.
Report — Dec 6, 2023
Comparing the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Clean Competition Act, and the Foreign Pollution Fee Act
This report compares goals and designs of three border adjustment mechanisms: the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Clean Competition Act, and the Foreign Pollution Fee Act.
Report — Dec 6, 2023
Comparing the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Clean Competition Act, and the Foreign Pollution Fee Act
This report compares goals and designs of three border adjustment mechanisms: the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Clean Competition Act, and the Foreign Pollution Fee Act.
Issue Brief — Nov 6, 2023
Foreign Pollution Fee Act: Design Elements, Options, and Policy Decisions
This issue brief breaks down the policy elements of the Foreign Pollution Fee Act, a border adjustment mechanism proposed in the US Senate in November 2023.
Common Resources — Mar 15, 2024
Climate and Trade in a World of Resurgent Industrial Policy
Scholars at Resources for the Future discuss some of the topics of a recent conference on climate and trade, which Georgetown University hosted in February.
Common Resources — Dec 18, 2023
Takeaways from the COP28 Climate Conference
Scholars at Resources for the Future who attended the COP28 climate conference in Dubai this month share insights about from the conference and its negotiations. Some highlights: international trade, the energy transition, the global stocktake, and more.
In Focus — Dec 8, 2023
In Focus: The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
This video shares insights about the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, with RFF Fellow Milan Elkerbout.
Press Release — Dec 6, 2023
New Report Compares Recent International Climate and Trade Policies
With the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) putting a spotlight on international climate policy, a new RFF report compares three climate and trade policies and analyzes each one’s unique goals, structures, and international repercussions.
Press Release — Nov 6, 2023
RFF Scholars Analyze New Bill That Introduces a Fee on High-Carbon Imports
A new RFF analysis provides a detailed, early look at the new policy proposal that could inform US industrial policy in the decades to come.
Press Release — Oct 3, 2023
RFF Welcomes Fellows Suzanne Russo and Milan Elkerbout
Russo and Elkerbout join a team of almost 100 researchers and university fellows dedicated to improving environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions.