Simone Tagliapietra
Simone Tagliapietra is a Senior Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in EU 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 an Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies Europe of The Johns Hopkins University. He is a Member of the Italian Young Academy, a Member of the Board of Directors of the Clean Air Task Force and a Senior Associate of the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines. He holds a PhD in International Political Economy from the Catholic University of Milan.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
Europe’s emissions trading system is an ally, not an enemy, of industrial competitiveness
The 2026 review of the EU ETS must be anchored in facts and focus on the potential benefits of the system to EU competitiveness
European clean tech tracker
This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe
Europe has a solid basis for battery and electric vehicle manufacturing growth
Europe is successfully building up battery and EV manufacturing capacity, though mainly thanks to foreign investment
Europe’s 2025 identity crisis: the year in review
The European Union’s quest for innovation, competitiveness, self defence and economic security
All work
Analysis
22 January 2026
Europe’s emissions trading system is an ally, not an enemy, of industrial competitiveness
The 2026 review of the EU ETS must be anchored in facts and focus on the potential benefits of the system to EU competitiveness
Dataset
10 January 2026
European clean tech tracker
This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe
Analysis
16 December 2025
Europe has a solid basis for battery and electric vehicle manufacturing growth
Europe is successfully building up battery and EV manufacturing capacity, though mainly thanks to foreign investment
Podcast
15 December 2025
Europe’s 2025 identity crisis: the year in review
The European Union’s quest for innovation, competitiveness, self defence and economic security
Event
20 November 2025
International decarbonisation through coalitions of the willing: carbon pricing, climate finance, trade and nature
Bruegel, CEPR and the Potsdam Institute present at COP30
Event
04 December 2025
Europe’s clean, just and competitive transition: a conversation with Teresa Ribera
A fireside chat with EVP Teresa Ribera
Event
04 November 2025
Preparing for COP30: issues at stake, metrics of success, and Europe’s role
Disclaimer: The first 20 minutes of the recording are without sound due to a technical issue. We apologise for the inconvenience.
News
02 October 2025
First Glance
29 September 2025
Europe’s Clean Industrial Deal: four priorities to fulfil its promise
The Clean Industrial Deal presents an opportunity for Europe, but quick action is needed on four priorities to deliver its goals
First Glance
18 September 2025
One year on from Draghi, where does EU energy policy stand?
Progress has been made on EU energy integration to underpin competitiveness, but much more remains to be done