
Executive Board
of the Climate Concept Foundation

Executive Director, Solicitor, M.B.A.
Christopher Brandt
Christopher is the founder of the Climate Concept Foundation. Since his younger days, he has been concerned about the problematic aspects of human existence on other forms of life on earth. At the same time, he is convinced that human genius holds the key for overcoming the contemporary ecological crises we are facing. His experiences in carbon trading and international climate policy outline the Foundation’s activities since its inception. Christopher and his wife have four children and live in Hamburg, Germany.

Forestry Scientist
Dr. Anne Arnold
Anne is an experienced scientist with thorough expertise in forestry, forest and landscape ecology. Her interdisciplinary fields of research explore aspects of ecosystem processes, the functioning of symbiotic forms of life within them and examines carbon and nitrogen cycles in disturbed and undisturbed systems. She takes specific interest in soil ecology, the links between surface and sub-surface interactions, the dynamics of insect population and their dependence on climatic conditions as well as the comparison of different forest ecosystems with regard to climate vulnerability. Furthermore, she is active in practical biotope conservation, where the outcome of her research activities can be directly applied. She is also actively engaging with policy makers and authorities to ensure representation of conservation ideals in public policy.

Professor in Finance
Prof. Dr. Carl Heinz Daube
Carl has more than 25 years of management experience in diverse executive positions in the finance industry. Since 2016, he teaches finance at the university level and passes on his knowledge and experience to the younger generation. For him, sustainability has been an essential part of all aspects of life for many years.
Advisory Council
of the Climate Concept Foundation

Dipl. Kaufmann
Michael Berndt
Michael’s contribution to the Foundation is solidly based on more than 40 years of financial markets experience. He began his career directly reporting to the executive board of an insurance company and subsequently led the finance department. In 2000, he started working for the ZEIT Foundation. From 2010 to 2020, he served as the Foundation’s Finance Director, a role in which he emphasized the sustainable allocation of its assets. Michael is married and has two sons.

Environmental Economist
Prof. Dr. Grischa Perino
Since 2013, Grischa holds a chair for Ecologic Economy at the University of Hamburg and is an internationally renowned expert in EU emissions trading. He advised the EU’s DG Climate, the German Ministry for Economy and Climate and the German Environment Agency on issues related to EU emissions trading. Within the cluster for excellence Climate, Climatic Change and Society (CLICCS) he explores the social dynamics of climate change policy.
If you would like to support us by granting endowments to the capital stock, please get in touch!
Endowments support our work on a long-term basis. We do not need to spend endowments straight away, but can use them to permanently strengthen the Foundation’s capital stock. Their positive capital stock investment returns are also available for funding the Foundation’s statutory aims. Taken togehter, endowments and their investment returns, provide more stability for the foundation compared to donations, which are usually received irregularly.

