Regine Günther

Managing Director of the Climate Neutrality Foundation (2022-July 2024), Senator for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection in the Berlin Senate (2016-2021)

Regine Günther

Managing Director of the Climate Neutrality Foundation (2022-July 2024), Senator for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection in the Berlin Senate (2016-2021)

Regine Günther has worked on issues of German, European and international energy and climate policy for more than 25 years. The committed environmentalist studied political science and medieval and modern history in Heidelberg, Madrid and Berlin. After completing her studies, she worked as managing director of the Critical Bayer Shareholders, as a project manager at the Berlin Energy Agency and as a consultant at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. Regine Günther (*1962) was Managing Director of the Climate Neutrality Foundation from 2022 to July 2024. Prior to this, she was Senator for the Environment, Transport and Climate in the state of Berlin for a legislative period of five years from December 2016. As such, she set the course for ambitious climate protection and promoted the environmental alliance with her policies. Prior to her position as Senator, she held various positions at WWF Germany from 1999 to 2016. She initially headed the Climate Protection and Energy Policy department there, and from 2014 she was Policy Director of WWF Germany and Interim Climate Practice Leader at WWF International. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Regine Günther stands for ambitious climate protection and works tirelessly and consistently to ensure that the issue of climate protection does not disappear from the public eye. Her goal is an environmentally and climate-friendly economy as well as shaping the German energy transition and establishing a robust European framework.

About Regine Günther

Regine Günther has worked on issues of German, European and international energy and climate policy for more than 25 years.

The committed environmentalist studied political science and medieval and modern history in Heidelberg, Madrid and Berlin. After completing her studies, she worked as managing director of the Critical Bayer Shareholders, as a project manager at the Berlin Energy Agency and as a consultant at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH.

Regine Günther (*1962) was Managing Director of the Climate Neutrality Foundation from 2022 to July 2024. Prior to this, she was Senator for the Environment, Transport and Climate in the state of Berlin for a legislative period of five years from December 2016. As such, she set the course for ambitious climate protection and promoted the environmental alliance with her policies. Prior to her position as Senator, she held various positions at WWF Germany from 1999 to 2016. She initially headed the Climate Protection and Energy Policy department there, and from 2014 she was Policy Director of WWF Germany and Interim Climate Practice Leader at WWF International.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Regine Günther stands for ambitious climate protection and works tirelessly and consistently to ensure that the issue of climate protection does not disappear from the public eye. Her goal is an environmentally and climate-friendly economy as well as shaping the German energy transition and establishing a robust European framework.

Topics

  • Climate Protection and Climate Change
  • The Energy Transition and the Role of Industry
  • The Contribution of NGOs to the Energy Transition