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Jos Cozijnsen was born in 1960, Hilversum in The Netherlands. Education: Master’s Degree Law
at the University of Utrecht (1985). Specialization: Social-administrative Law. Thesis: real estate
(appartment property rights). Additional subjects: international law, environmental law, civil and public suits,
criminal prosecution and non-discrimination law.

For 10 years, he is specialised in climate change, in particular in emissions trading. With extensive
international environmental law experience, he is deeply knowledgeable about the Kyoto
Protocol's market mechanism, international attitudes towards such mechanisms, and
about current developments in this field.
From 1993 to 1997 he worked for the Netherlands' Environment Ministry and, from 1998 to
2002, as an independent consulting attorney. From May 2002 to April 2004 he has worked
with ECOFYS on corporate carbon and  energy solutions. As from that date he working as
independant consultant working for companies and institutions on several projects.
His focus is on linking business opportunities and developments related to energy and
environment with climate change policy. He has organised numerous workshops on emissions trading and     
climate neutral entrepreneurship, and has facilitated interactive discussions. He gives legal advice and
develops strategies regarding emissions trading.                 
                                                       

Recent assignments include:

• Environmental Defense (ED) - US: Transatlantic Dialogue on the Use of Market Based Instruments;

• Finnish Environment Ministry: Perspectives of Companies and Kyoto Mechanisms;

• Netherlands' Province of Brabant: Utilities and CO2 Emissions Trad;

• A private US Energy Company: Carbon Offsets in the Netherlands[1];

• Netherlands' Environment Ministry: innovative instruments for road traffic policy;

• National Society for Nature and Environment: impact of environmental legislation changes on the legal position of NGO's and citizens.

• World Resources Institute (WRI)/Regional Environment Center (REFC): Energy, Accession and Climate Change[2]; used at the Ministerial Consultation on Environmental Policy-making in CEE, June 19, 2000, Szentendre, Hungary;

• UNCTAD: Development of Post Kyoto Emissions Trading Schemes in Europe[3]; published by UNCTAD June 2001;

• Netherlands Energy Agency (Novem): study and workshop on market based instrument to reduce non CO2 emissions[4] (2001);

• A private US Energy company: legal issues on ownership, trade and transfer of emissions reduction units / credits (2001); see also Capacity and Incentives for JI[5].

• Organizing a workshop for Dutch entrepreneurs on Emissions Trading (2001).

• Organizing a workshop on corporate carbon neutrality (2002)

• .European Commission, DG ENV: Study presentation in the framework of the ECCP: 'Capacity for Joint Implementation, incentives market barriers and private initiatives’

• NOVEM / Environment Ministry, Climate Change Division: Study and organisation and facilitating two interactive workshops on the importance of market based instruments for the reductions of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions.

• NOVEM / Environment Ministry : Organisation of a workshop on the improvement of GHG emission monitoring protocols (ERM project)

• EnergieNED (Dutch Electricity Producers Organisation); Climate Change Issue Tracking, interpreting developments of national and international climate change and presentations. Focus: identifying possible actions and responses needed, with a view to level playing field in the energy market (ERM project 2002 and 2003);
  

• NOVEM: Preparatory Plan for the development of Good Practice Guidance for the reduction of GHG emissions in the cooling sector (ERM project)
  

• Fortis Bank Netherlands: Strategy on climate neutral enterprising, translating energy management, owned forests and renewable energy use into carbon assets on the GHG market

• Social Democratic Fraction in the Netherlands’ Parliament (PvdA): Advice on emissions trading and contributing to a workshop

• NOVEM / IEA/Ecofys: Preparation of cases and moderating a workshop for the IEA/GHG Executive Committee Open Forum, ‘CO₂ sequestration in the light of emissions trading’.

• Organisation of three commercial workshops on emissions trading for companies in the Netherlands

• Organising and facilitating a seminar for Belgian companies as preparation of an emissions trading simulation, assigned by the Belgian federal fovernment

• CEFIC: Impact Analysis of Emissions Trading on the European Chemical Sector

• Consultancy for Heineken International and SNB, a sewage sludge company on EU emission trading risks and  opportunities.

• Contributions to “Newsletter CO2 Emissions Trading”, a national communication project of Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Environment and the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers.

• Shell Global Solutions: coordinating a team to work with Shell Global Solutions to work on the assessment of carbon abatement costs in European refineries.

• Shell Global Solutions: member of team developing emissions management services for third party customers 
  

• For his several jobs and assignments he participated in and observed the UNFCCC and EU Climate negotiations from 1993 until now. Language skills: English and German, fluent; French reasonable. He wrote several publications on international environmental law and climate change in international and national legal and policy magazines. He gives frequent speeches and presentations on related topics.

Jos Cozijnsen, consulting attorney
Richard Hollaan 4
NL-3533 GX  Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel: +31621538678
Email:  jos_cozijnsen@planet.nl
Commerce Register : 30148892
www.jos-cozijnsen.nl