Dr. Michael Bucki is based in New Delhi. He leads dialogue and cooperation between the EU and India on “Sustainable Modernisation”: circular economy, biodiversity, transports, smart cities, clean air and water, energy & climate change. From 2016-2020, prior to joining this Delegation, Dr. Bucki worked in Jakarta, holding similar responsibilities for EU, Indonesia and ASEAN. From 2006-2016, he had worked in the European Commission on topics like forest adaptation, forest fires, wood products, climate mitigation, deforestation and  international negotiations. He interalia took part in the UN climate negotiations, from 2010 up to the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Dr. Bucki holds a PhD, and Engineering degree, from the French National School for Forest and Water Management. His core interest is to find and share pragmatic, collective solutions for global citizens, producers and consumers to adapt to rapidly deteriorating “planetary boundaries”, and more specifically to adapt the EU “Green Deal” strategy of sustainable economic growth to the context and needs of emerging economies, fostering mutually profitable (industrial, agro-ecologic) transitions for affordable sustainability and resilience.