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European Sustainable Energy Week
  • Young Energy Ambassador 2025

Niklāvs Tamanis

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Niklāvs is a private equity decarbonisation specialist at Schneider Electric, a leading firm in energy solutions. Experienced in advising funds on portfolio-wide decarbonisation, his work includes the deployment of ESG pre-acquisition due diligence tools, advising on funds' CSRD/SBTi/SFDR framework alignment, and assessing financial value opportunities from decarbonisation.

Niklāvs has also been Latvia's past designated international delegate at the European Youth Parliament, debating climate change solutions. Meanwhile, as UNFCCC YOUNGO's global lead facilitator of the Just Transition Research Team, he leads a team of 50+ members researching key pillars of a just energy transition.

Additionally, as a Cambridge University-certified climate specialist and a soon-to-be CFA in ESG Investing certificate holder, Niklāvs is inspired to improve EU renewables investment additionality standards to scale grid capacity.