
Beatriz Yordi Aguirre
Director, European & International Carbon Markets, European Commission, Directorate General for Climate Action (CLIMA),
Beatriz Yordi is a Director in DG Climate Action leading the team responsible for the EU Emissions Trading System, promoting carbon pricing and advancing innovation, opportunities and competitiveness in line with the Paris agreement. She specialised in fundamental physics at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
A pioneer in renewable energy policies, she joined the European Commission in 1994, working on energy policy, Eco-innovation, Green businesses and the LIFE programme in DG Energy, DG Environment and EASME. Her career began at the Research Centre CIEMAT and this was followed by the role as young Chief Engineer in Endesa-RWE and Notary’s joint venture designing and constructing the first European solar PV plant.
Featured work

A new carbon pricing paradigm for the path to net zero
Which role carbon pricing could and should play in the future policy mix?

Reforming the ETS: what to make of revenues?
What will a reformed European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) look like?
Environmental and economic effects of the EU ETS
What is the impact of the EU ETS on carbon emissions and economic performance of regulated companies?