Karsten Sach Dr. Karsten Sach is Director General ‘International and European Policy, Climate Policy’ in the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Germany.
Before 2016, Karsten Sach led the Sub-Department ‘European and International Policies’ for twelve years. Since 1999 he is the German chief negotiator at the UNFCCC conferences of the parties. In 1998/1999, he served as Deputy Head of Division “International Cooperation, Global Conventions Climate Change” in the Environmental Ministry. Before that he was the Environment Attaché of the Permanent Representation of Germany to the European Union in Brussels for four years. He entered the Environment Ministry in 1991.
Before joining the ministry, Dr. Karsten Sach was teaching environment and economic law. He studied law in Kiel and Freiburg and has a PhD in law.