Nora Steurer

Nora Steurer is based at the Energy, Climate, and Technology Branch at UN Environment’s Economy Division in Paris. She focuses on energy efficiency and specifically on integrating energy efficiency into the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP). She also works on enhancing sustainable energy access through women's entrepreneurship.

Before joining UN Environment, Nora worked with the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) on measuring sustainability and on land degradation issues. She also worked with the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and with the EU-funded SWITCH-Asia Programme on green jobs, eco-entrepreneurship, and on energy efficient economies and SMEs in Asia. Nora also has experience in strengthening sustainable business approaches and sustainable lifestyles, working with the Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP).

Nora holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford and a Magister degree (similar to a Bachelor and Master combined) in International Development from the University of Vienna. She completed her Bachelor degree in Economics while studying at the Universities of Vienna and Bonn.