Climate Policy Analyst, New Climate Institute
Saskia Straub is a climate policy analyst at the NewClimate Institute, a Germany-based think tank advancing climate action through rigorous research, policy development, and knowledge sharing.
Her work centres on aligning private finance, the real economy, and governance actors with the goals of ambitious climate action. She is a lead author of the fourth edition of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, which evaluates how companies’ climate pledges translate into tangible, real-world outcomes.
Saskia also contributes to research on climate governance in the financial sector through ACHIEVE, a Horizon Europe project designed to strengthen and scale high-integrity voluntary climate action on the path to net-zero emissions by mid-century. Before joining the NewClimate Institute, Saskia’s research focused on corporate climate strategies in positions at Oxford Net Zero, the Future of Climate Cooperation initiative, and the Transition Pathway Initiative.
She holds a BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an MPhil in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford.
