Luca Bergamaschi

Co-Founding Executive Director

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Luca Bergamaschi is the Co-Founding Executive Director of ECCO.

Over the past decade, Luca has worked with governments, think tanks, philanthropy and civil society organisations to accelerate climate action in Italy, Europe and around the world. He has developed and advised on political strategy, geopolitics, energy and climate diplomacy, and decarbonisation and resilience policy for transformational change. 

In 2020, Luca was appointed Special Advisor to Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and former French Ambassador for Climate Change and Special Representative for COP21, where he advised on international climate diplomacy and led ECF’s activities in Italy. Prior to joining ECF, Luca worked for the climate change think tank E3G and the Italian Institute for International Affairs IAI. 

Between 2016 and 2017, he was responsible for the climate change and energy negotiations of the Italian G7 Presidency in the Italian Prime Minister’s Office. Luca started his career in 2012 for E3G, first in Berlin and then London. 

Luca holds a Master of Science in Energy Policy from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Political Science from the University of Cologne, Germany, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management from the University of Bologna, Italy.