Valentino Piana

An evolutionary economist and international consultant. He graduated from Bocconi University in 1994, taught macro- and microeconomics at the Cracow University of Economics in 1994–1999 and worked as a strategy consultant in Rome in 2000–2008. Since 2000 he has led the Economics Web Institute, which supports policymakers. He joined HES-SO Valais-Wallis in 2018 and has been a senior researcher at its Institute of Sustainable Energy since 2020. A reviewer of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C, he works on energy, electric mobility and climate policy and has advised on UNFCCC negotiations and EU projects. He coordinates ENoLL’s Energy and Environment working group.