Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.95 Fte (20)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
32
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Agora Think Tanks gGmbH
EU Transparency Register
321342621105-20 First registered on 17 Mar 2016
Goals / Remit
As Agora Think Tanks, we develop feasible and science-based policy proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the economy: power, transport, buildings, industry, and agriculture. Based on our deep expertise, we advise decision-makers and facilitate a productive exchange of ideas. Because no single institution can tackle the complexity of the transition from fossil fuels to renewables and to climate neutrality, Agora cultivates an intensive dialogue with stakeholders from politics, civil society, the economy, and science and is active in a global network of think tanks promoting the net-zero transition.
As bipartisan, non-profit organisations funded by foundations and public institutions, we are independent of corporate and political interests. Our exclusive mission is to serve the climate and the common good.Main EU files targeted
Our work has bearing on the following legislative proposals or policies: Competitiveness Compass; Clean Industrial Deal; Action plan on affordable energy; Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act; Roadmap towards ending Russian energy imports; European Climate Law amendment; Vision for Agriculture and Food; Common Agricultural Policy simplification package; Post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework proposals; Electrification Action Plan and European Grids Package; Delegated Act on Low-Carbon Fuels; Bioeconomy Strategy update; Social Climate Plans; CBAM review; ETS review.
Address
Head Office
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2
Berlin 10178
GERMANYEU Office
Rue de la Loi 155Residence Palace, bloc C
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
20
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 8 25% 3 10% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.95
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Feb 2025
Name Start date End Date Nikolai Pushkarev 14 Nov 2024 13 Nov 2025 Nikolai Pushkarev 13 Jul 2023 12 Jul 2024 Mr Matthias BUCK 20 Mar 2017 14 Mar 2018 Mr Andreas GRAF 20 Mar 2017 14 Mar 2018 Complementary Information
Of the 180+ staff members employed by Agora Think Tanks gGmbH, 20 are dedicated to working on EU policy, across multiple internal teams (EU policy, industry, agriculture, communication). In addition to developing fact-based, non-partisan analyses, these employees also provide information on topics of interest to EU policy makers and staff of the EU institutions through events, publications, meetings and participation in expert groups.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
Agora Think Tanks gGbmH´s Agora Energiewende is a member of the International Network of Energy Transition Thinktanks (INETTT).
Many of our projects involve collaborations with institutes, researchers and scientists. Here's an overview of our partnerships: www.agora-energiewende.org/about-us/partners.Member organisations
Agora Think Tanks gGmbH comprises multiple affiliated entities under one umbrella organisation: www.agora-thinktanks.org.
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
11,591,232€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants, Public funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) 4,420,151€ Contribution Sequoia Climate Foundation 1,530,822€ Contribution Stiftung Mercator 1,132,300€ Other financial info
The total budget represents the full working budget of the organization, of which the European work is an integral part.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Informal Expert Group on the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)#E03927#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3927 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil societyDialogue with CPR partners 2021-2027 - Group of experts on the funds established by Regulation (EU) No 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council#E03802#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3802 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society#ProfessionalsHigh Level expert Group on energy-intensive industries#E03326#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3326 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Agora Think Tanks gGmbH develops robust policy proposals for decarbonising the economy. Our regular publications and events are available via our websites: www.agora-thinktanks.org.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
32 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 11 Feb 2025 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Sustainable agriculture and the Vision on Agriculture and Food Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen Attending - Taru Haapaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject land use sectors and food to a climate neutral EU Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject climate neutral EU Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Apr 2023 Location Online Subject The recent adoption of the Effort Sharing and LULUCF Regulations, both of which entail enhanced climate commitments with relevance for land-use and agriculture. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Deployment of the lead technologies to accelerate climate action and implications for the upcoming debate on the EU's 2040 greenhouse gas reduction target DG Climate Action Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 21 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Discuss insights on forthcoming analysis on global steel industry transformation DG Climate Action Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Climate and energy priorities for the next legislative mandate Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Circular economy and energy nexus Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2022 Location video-call Subject Circular economy and energy nexus Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jul 2022 Location video-call Subject Hydrogen delegated act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2022 Location videoconference Subject REPowerEU Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
- Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
- Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
- Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Apr 2022 Location Videoconference Subject RePowerEU, accelerating the transition of industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2022 Location video-call Subject Exchange of views on RePowerEU Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2022 Location Berlin, Germany Subject Exchange with think tanks – Agora Energiewende, Aurora Energy Research, H2Global Stiftung. Discussion on security of supply and REPowerEU. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 06 Dec 2021 Location video-call Subject RED2 and RED3 follow up – RFNBO delegated act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject Round-table discussion on the regulation for the hydrogen market. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Sep 2021 Location video-call Subject Hydrogen and gas sector decarbonisation package Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2021 Location video-call Subject European Green Deal and the preparation of the Sustainable Product Policy legislative initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable of the Clean Hydrogen Alliance: 3rd meeting of the co-chairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - St1 Nordic Oy
- ING Group
- thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
- Neste Oyj
- Tata Steel Nederland
- Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A.
- UPM-Kymmene Oyj
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Paul Wurth S.A.
- Siemens Energy AG
- Dow Europe GmbH
- WWF European Policy Programme
- The European Steel Association
- TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz France
- Baker Hughes Holdings
- YARA BELGIUM S.A.
- Climate Action Network Europe
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- TotalEnergies SE
- SSAB AB
- European Environmental Bureau
- Sandbag Climate Campaign
- Fertiberia, S.A.
- WACKER CHEMIE AG
- Nouryon
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Date 12 May 2021 Location Brussels (WEBEX) Subject Fit for 55 Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To share the results of their study on a 2040 lignite exit in the power system of the Western Balkan countries. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2021 Location video conference Subject Discussion on the upcoming reform of the EU ETS in the context of the Fit-for-55 package Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2021 Location video-call Subject Decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2021 Location Videconference Subject Decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject discussion on the European Green Deal and Industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2019 Location Berlin Subject Energy policy priorities in the context of the Green Deal DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 18 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject New initiative for a climate neutral Europe Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Mobility + Energy transition Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Ivo Schmidt (Cabinet member)
- Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Mobility Package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Market design and renewables Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)