Simone Tagliapietra
Simone Tagliapietra is a Deputy Director at Bruegel. Since joining in 2015, he has focused on European Union climate, energy and industrial policy.
He covers the development of domestic and international EU climate policy, the evolution of EU energy markets and policy, especially focusing on the political economy of the Energy Union integration process, and establishing an EU industrial policy marrying decarbonisation with economic competitiveness and security.
He speaks English, Italian and French.
He is also a Part-time Professor at the Florence School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute and a Member of the Italian Young Academy. He has previously been an Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies Europe of The Johns Hopkins University and an Assistant professor (tenure-track) at the Catholic University of Milan, where he previously earned his PhD under the supervision of Roberto Zoboli.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived
As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy
European Clean Tech Atlas
The Atlas tracks Europe's clean-tech transformation, showing how adoption, investment and industrial change are unfolding across the continent
Energy Security amid Geopolitical Instability: Lessons from the 2026 Strait of Hormuz Shock
ETS Tracker
This tracker maps the EU ETS through data on emissions, compliance, allowances, auction revenues, prices and installations
European clean tech tracker
This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe
Framing the EU challenge to deal with 'China Shock 2.0' in clean tech
2026 European energy crisis fiscal response tracker
This dataset provides an overview of the fiscal measures implemented by European governments to mitigate the 2026 energy shock in Europe
Europe must prepare for a possible oil supply crunch
With falling commercial and emergency oil reserves, Europe’s oil price shock could soon become a volume crisis – a scenario for which it must prepare
Tracking the EU Clean Industrialisation Process: A Focus on Batteries and Electric Vehicles
What you need to know about ETS
How does the EU’s emissions trading system work and what changes are coming?
The flaws in the European Union’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act and how to fix them
IAA provisions should rest on clear sector choices, WTO-safe criteria and FDI screening that welcomes value-adding investment
Understanding the global clean tech manufacturing slowdown
The Iran energy shock is a test of European discipline on state aid
The latest EU temporary state-aid framework is needed to shield industries and consumers from short-term costs, but should not become more permanent
The fiscal fault lines of Europe’s energy shock
European measures to address the latest energy crisis are ignoring past lessons and long-term goals
What is the EU’s response to the current energy crisis?
How to read the European Commission’s Iran crisis energy emergency plan
EU countries should coordinate measures to offset rising energy prices from the Iran conflict, while using the crisis to drive longer-term change
How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t
The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability
Five reasons why attacking the EU carbon market is economic self-sabotage
When discussing the EU emissions trading system, policymakers should remember five risks of undermining the system
How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets?
Policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition
Europe and the Iran war
What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine?
All work
First Glance
08 September 2026
Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived
As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy
Book
02 September 2026
European Clean Tech Atlas
The Atlas tracks Europe's clean-tech transformation, showing how adoption, investment and industrial change are unfolding across the continent
Event
17 September 2026
The Sound of Economics Live: The State of the European Union 2026
A special live episode of The Sound of Economics podcast on the State of the Union address
External publication
23 July 2026
Dataset
15 July 2026
ETS Tracker
This tracker maps the EU ETS through data on emissions, compliance, allowances, auction revenues, prices and installations
Dataset
10 July 2026
European clean tech tracker
This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe
Event
09 July 2026
A geoeconomic strategy for Europe: building clean technology partnerships
How to strengthen international cooperation on clean technology supply chains?
External publication
17 June 2026
Dataset
16 June 2026
2026 European energy crisis fiscal response tracker
This dataset provides an overview of the fiscal measures implemented by European governments to mitigate the 2026 energy shock in Europe
Analysis
15 June 2026
Europe must prepare for a possible oil supply crunch
With falling commercial and emergency oil reserves, Europe’s oil price shock could soon become a volume crisis – a scenario for which it must prepare