Dr Christian Hey is Director for Climate, Sustainable Urban Development and Biodiversity in the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. His responsibilities also include the Hessian Sustainable Development Strategy, the Hessian Biodiversity Strategy, the implementation of Natura 2000 in Hessen and the regional integrated climate mitigation and adaption plan.  

 He was Secretary General of the German Advisory Council on the Environment between 2001 and 2016 and EU Policy Director of EEB (1997 – 2001) before that. He has a Diploma in Science of Public Administration, Ph.D. in Political Sciences and wrote his Doctoral Thesis on “Sustainable Mobility in Europe”.  He has published on EU Environment, Climate and Transport Policies.