Friedbert Pflüger

  • Nonresident Senior Fellow
  • Partner and Managing Director, Clean Energy Forum Foundation
  • Managing Director at Pflüger International GmbH

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EnergySource

Feb 10, 2020

A new security challenge: The geopolitical implications of climate change

By Friedbert Pflüger

Discussions on energy and geopolitics over the last ten years have often focused on the need for energy security. Now, another challenge—climate security—is emerging and it must be urgently addressed.

Climate Change & Climate Action Geopolitics & Energy Security

EnergySource

Mar 15, 2019

A European view: Europe, Nord Stream 2, and diversification

By Friedbert Pflüger

Preface During his 2019 State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump claimed credit for getting European NATO members to pay an additional $100 billion in military outlays to the alliance by the end of 2020. Similarly, instead of raising the specter of further sanctions on Russia that would impact European allies, the United States […]

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Apr 24, 2016

Pfluger Quoted by Oil Price on Nord Stream 2

By Friedbert Pfluger

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Energy & Environment

Friedbert Pflüger is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and publishes on topics dealing with energy and climate policy. He is Managing Partner of the Clean Energy Forum (CEF), Managing Director of Pflüger International GmbH, and he also serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DIE GAS UND WASSERSTOFFWIRTSCHAFT e.V. (GWW). Since 2009, Pflüger has hosted a monthly “Energy Talk at the Reichstag.“

He is additionally a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Climate, Energy and Mobility (IKEM).

Pflüger served as a member of the German Bundestag from 1990 to 2006, including as Chairman of the EU Committee, Foreign Policy Spokesman for the CDU/CSU, and as Deputy Minister of Defence in the first Merkel cabinet (2005 to 2006). He was also guest professor and director at the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at King’s College London (2010 to 2022). From 1981 to 1989, he was a close aide to Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker, serving in his final five years as Press Spokesperson and Head of the Speechwriting Group.