Asger Garnak is program manager for the partnership program between CONCITO and the World Resources Institute (WRI). The strategic collaboration aims to strengthen the dissemination and application of the most current and relevant knowledge about climate and sustainable development in both developed and developing countries in areas such as cities, food, energy as well as investments and financing. The partnership expands the collaboration between the two organizations to spread global, Nordic and Danish experiences with the green transition through networks and partnerships with governments, cities, companies, knowledge organizations and foundations.

Asger has a MSc in international business and has dealt with energy, climate, environment and finance all his working life. Asger comes from a position in the Ministry of Energy, Supply and Climate, where for 10 years he has contributed to the global cooperation to limit climate change, promote the transition to low emissions with a particular focus on the green transformation of the energy sector and the mobilization of private investment and financing . Along the way, Asger also worked two years as a senior advisor at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and was a Danish climate attaché in Mexico. Asger has both participated in the international climate negotiations and helped to develop Denmark’s concrete international cooperation on the green transition through bilateral cooperation and international organisations. Previously, he worked for a number of years as an environmental economist at COWI, after he started his career at the Forum for Energy and Development.