Jun Rentschler
Economist, World Bank

Jun Rentschler is an economist at the World Bank working at the intersection of climate change and sustainable resilient development. He is also a visiting research fellow at the Payne Institute for Earth Resources and the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Prior, he spent two years as a consultant at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, working on private sector investment projects in energy and resource efficiency. He also served as an economic adviser at the German Foreign Ministry, where he focused on economic and energy policy.

Rentschler holds a MSc and a PhD in economics from University College London, with a specialization in the fields of development, climate, and energy. He has published widely on these topics, including in academic journals and his books ‘Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reforms: A Guide to Economic and Political Complexity’ (Routledge, 2018) and ‘Investing in Resource Efficiency: The Economics and Politics of Financing the Resource Transition’ (Springer, 2018). He is part of the World Bank’s Young Professionals Program.