Joachim D’Eugenio

Advisor for Zero Pollution, European Commission
Monday, 21 August 2023, "The EU Green Deal, Zero Pollution and Water Resilience - progress and perspectives"

As environmental engineer by training, Joachim D’Eugenio started working in the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in Berlin. In 1999, he moved to the European Commission working on the water (Water Framework Directive), marine and water industry policies. In addition, he followed inter-institutional affairs in the Commission’s Secretariat General joined in 2015 the Unit on Compliance & Better Regulation of DG Environment where he was leading the Fitness Check on Environmental Reporting and led the agenda on “digitalisation and the environment”. Since 16 January 2020, he is working as Senior Expert in the DG Environment Directorate coordinating the work on the “Zero Pollution Ambition” and contributing to many Green Deal and other initiatives.