Tobias Hoeck

 At myclimate since: 2008

Role: Project Leader, Carbon Offset Projects

Nationality: Swiss

Qualifications: Studied Geography, General Ecology and Geology at the University of Bern, specialised in the areas of sustainable development and cooperation in development

Work experience: Research assistant at the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Bern (GEF project for "sustainable land use in the Pamir-Alai mountain range in central Asia", World Bank project for "the application of Geographical Information Systems in Tajikistan", published a scientific paper about "energy resource usage and land degradation in Tajikistan"), internship at the WWF Switzerland in Zurich working on energy efficiency and the climate campaign 2008, co-authored the Diercke Primary School Atlas Switzerland 2004

Why myclimate? "My work at myclimate as Project Leader for Carbon Offsetting Projects is a precise match with my areas of interest – energy, climate and cooperation in development. Through my work I can contribute to ensuring long-term, and therefore sustainable, support to sustainable energy projects which could otherwise not have been implemented in this form."