HomeAuthorsJoseph Dellatte Joseph Dellatte Resident Fellow - Climate, Energy and Environment Resident FellowFollow AsiaDr. Joseph Dellatte joined Institut Montaigne’s Asia Program in 2022 as Research Fellow for Climate, Energy, and Environment. He is also a Research Associate at Kyoto University (Japan) and a member of the Japanese Research Group on Renewable Energy Economics. He specializes in international climate policy and global climate governance, focusing on carbon pricing, industry decarbonization policy, transition finance and Asia-Europe relations on climate.Joseph spent 6 years in Kyoto, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. and an MSc in Economics and Environmental Policy from Kyoto University (2016-2021). He also holds a Bachelor degree of Philosophy & Letters and an MSc in History and International relations from the University of Liège.He was a Belgian youth delegate to the United Nations headquarter in New York (2014-2015). He contributed for Belgium to the discussions on the UN Sustainable Development Goals Agenda on climate change related intergenerational equity and on the Rights of sexual and gender minorities youth. He was also a delegate for Belgium to the European Youth Forum (2014-2015) and a Policy Officer on youth issues in Brussels.For Institut Montaigne, he recently authored The Challenges of a Hydrogen Policy for Industrial Decarbonization (February 2023, with Georgina Wright) and Welcome to the Climate Club: Prospects for Europe and East Asia (October 2022) . Other recent publications include: Climate and Energy Law and Policy in the EU and East Asia (Book chapter, Edward Elgar), (2023); How to include developing countries in a Climate club (CEBRI Journal) (2023);Understanding Barriers to Linking heterogeneous Emissions Trading Schemes: Evidence from and Lessons for Northeast Asia. (Environmental Politics), (2022); Enforcing sustainable auction-based ETS in a Post-COVID-19 world: Evidence from and Lessons for Northeast Asia, in Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, London, (2021); May Link Prevail! A Comparative Analysis of Lessons Learnt from (Not) Linking Carbon Markets in Japan and Oceania, in Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, London (2020).PublicationsPolicy PaperMay 2025Lessons from the TTC for Europe's Foreign Economic Policy, With and Without the U.S.Faced with techno-nationalism and Sino-American rivalry, Europe must strengthen its economic autonomy. The Trade and Technology Council's achievements and limitations highlight the urgent need for a more coherent, autonomous and diversified European economic foreign policy.ReportOctober 2024Forging a Post-Carbon Industry: Insights from AsiaThis report analyzes the future of the EU's Clean Industrial Deal and the place of European industry in a post-carbon world. Based on over 500 interviews, it compares decarbonization strategies and puts forward recommendations for strengthening European competitiveness.ExplainersJuly 2024[2024 French Legislative Election] - Green Deal, Energy: a Weak France in a German Europe?What would be the place of a France led by the Rassemblement National in a Europe reconfigured by the elections? What future would there be for crucial projects linked to the energy transition and decarbonisation in a sovereignist and Eurosceptic context?July 2023China Trends #16 - China’s Diplomatic Coup in the Middle East: the Facts behind the HypeChina Trends #16 by Institut Montaigne.February 2023Hydrogen: A Driving Force for Global Industrial DecarbonizationNoteOctobre 2022Welcome to the Climate Club: Prospects for Europe and East AsiaHow to create a concrete and ambitious climate club including Europe and Northeast Asia?11/26/2024COP29: Between Europe and China, the Great Bargain Joseph Dellatte 11/12/2024COP29: Trump, China, Climate Finance, and Illusions Joseph Dellatte 04/29/2024 The Weimar Triangle Should Lead on EU Industrial Policy Joseph Dellatte Lukas Hermwille Aleksander Śniegocki 12/28/2023 The End of Fossil Fuels: a Historic Conference ? Joseph Dellatte 11/27/2023 From Finance to Rhetoric: The Aspirations of a Climate Conference Joseph Dellatte 11/22/2023 Towards COP28 and beyond: Advocating for a Climate Dividend in Europe Joseph Dellatte Sven Rudolph 04/28/2023 Global Green Hydrogen Policy: China, A Giant Biding Its Time Joseph Dellatte 04/06/2023 G7 Summit: The Role of Trade Policies in Support of Climate Action Joseph Dellatte 03/20/2023Global Hydrogen Policy: Assessing Japan’s Hydrogen Society Joseph Dellatte 11/23/2022COP27: a Tale of Reparation, Confrontation, Competition, and Cooperation Joseph Dellatte 11/04/2022 COP27: Time for Implementation Joseph Dellatte 10/14/2022 Towards COP27: An Agenda for India-Europe Climate Policy Cooperation Joseph Dellatte 04/04/2022 Russia-Ukraine: Short-Term Energy Security Doctrines, Long-Term Climate Dam... Joseph Dellatte 02/23/2022 Gas and the Energy Transition: China’s Pragmatism Joseph Dellatte 02/23/2022 Gas and the Energy Transition: Japan’s Turnaround Joseph Dellatte