Alexia Faus Onbargi
Department
Environmental Governance
Function
Associated Researcher
Specialization
Energy and climate policy
Work areas
- Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD)
- 2030 Agenda
- EU Green Deal
- Just (energy) transitions
- Climate change – inequality nexus
- Decolonized research
Regional expertise
- East Asia
Vita
| since 3/2026 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Associated Researcher, Research Department "Environmental Governance" |
| 7/2021-2/2026 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Department "Environmental Governance" |
| since 7/2021 | Utrecht University PhD Candidate |
| 1/2019-7/2021 | University of Oxford MPhil in Development Studies; and "la Caixa" Foundation Fellow, Postgraduate Studies in Europe Programme |
| 1/2021-4/2021 | Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Casual Research Assistant |
| 2/2019-8/2019 | United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon Social Justice Section; Intern |
| 1/2018-8/2019 | Amel Association International, Beirut, Lebanon Journalism and Communications Volunteer |
| 9/2016-4/2018 | APCO Worldwide, London, UK Project Assistant, Public Relations, Affairs and Communications |
| 9/2013 - 6/2016 | University of Durham BA Combined Honours in Social Sciences (History, Politics & International Affairs and Anthropology) |
| 6/2015 - 7/2015 | APCO Worldwide, London, UK Intern, Public Relations, Affairs and Communications |
| 9/2014 - 9/2014 | La Vanguardia, Barcelona, Spain Intern |
Awards
"la Caixa" Foundation Fellowship, Postgraduate Studies in Europe Programme 2019-2021
Refereed Publications
- Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Daniele Malerba (2026)
Surveying just transition pathways in global climate policy
in: Climate Policy, first published 27.02.2026 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Ines Dombrowsky (2025)
Political inequality and impacts on climate mitigation: the case of Germany's energy sector
in: Applied Energy 393, article 125928 - McCandless, Erin / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2023)
Just transitions and resilience in contexts of conflict and fragility: the need for a transformative approach
in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 65, article 101360 - Browne, Katherine / Adis Dzebo / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Zoha Shawoo / Ines Dombrowsky / Mathias Fridahl / Sara Gottenhuber / Åsa Persson (2023)
How does policy coherence shape effectiveness and inequality? Implications for sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda
in: Sustainable Development 31 (5), 3161-3174 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia (2022)
The climate change – inequality nexus: towards environmental and socio-ecological inequalities with a focus on human capabilities
in: Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 19 (1), 163-170
Non-refereed Publications
- Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Ines Dombrowsky (2025)
Policy coherence for sustainable development under pressure
in: IDOS Jahresbericht - Annual Report 2023-2025, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 40-44 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Ines Dombrowsky (2025)
Politikkohärenz für nachhaltige Entwicklung unter Druck
in: IDOS Jahresbericht - Annual Report 2023-2025, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 40-44 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Daniele Malerba (2024)
EU energy and climate policy as a balancing act: the European Green Deal among internal and external forces
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 45-48 - Reeler, James / Nokwethaba Makhanya / Caroline Gelderblom / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2024)
Advancing the just energy transition whilst navigating the water-energy-food-nexus for sustainable development
Policy Brief (April 2024), published on wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org - Riaño, Maria Alejandra / Damien Barchiche / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Niels Keijzer (2024)
EU-LAC cooperation on climate change and energy transitions
in: ETTG Collective Report 2/2024, A common future for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Brussels: European Think Tanks Group, 15-26 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Ines Dombrowsky (2023)
Die deutsche Energiewende: Synergien, Zielkonflikte und politische Triebkräfte
(Policy Brief 23/2023) - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Ines Dombrowsky (2023)
Germany's Energiewende: synergies, trade-offs and political drivers
(Policy Brief 18/2023) - Aboushady, Nora / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2023)
Green hydrogen partnerships between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean: challenges and opportunities for coherent and just energy transitions
Barcelona: European Institute of the Mediterranean - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Gabriela Iacobuta (2022)
El Pacto Verde Europeo sigue siendo la respuesta
in: Política Exterior 36 (209), 144-153 - Iacobuţă, Gabriela Ileana / Alexia Faus Onbargi et al. (2022)
The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine: addressing crises in the short and long term
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group (July 2022) - Böhl, Mauricio / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Andrew Shepherd / Vidya Diwakar (2022)
A socially just transformation through integrated social protection ‘Plus’ programming
in: T7 Task Force Social cohesion, economic transformation and open societies, March 2022 - Strupat, Christoph / Liz Grant / Maike Voss / Katharina Molitor / Sophie Gepp / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Saravanan Subramanian / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2022)
Global transformation towards planetary health
in: T7 Task Force Global Health, 30.03.2022 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia (2021)
COVID-19: una oportunidad para alinear las contribuciones nacionales con los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible
in: Anuario Internacional, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), 148-149 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia (2019)
Examining multidimensional inequality in the Arab region through a capabilities lens: presenting a pilot study in Lebanon with a focus on SDG 10
Beirut: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Opinion Pieces
- Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Daniele Malerba (2025)
COP30: The moment to make Just Transition work
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 10 November 2025, 2nd, revised edition - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Alicia Perez-Porro / Anna de las Heras Carles (2025)
A strong science-policy interface now for climate and biodiversity
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 22 April 2025 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia (2024)
In defense of children’s right to development
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 26 June 2024 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Aparajita Banerjee / Susan S. Ekoh (2023)
COP28 and the road to a Just Transition
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 29 November 2023 - Bauer, Steffen / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2022)
Governing just transitions in a fraught world, with courage and fast
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 26 October 2022 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Gabriela Iacobuta / Lukas Hermwille (2022)
What role should the EU Green Deal play in times of conflict?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 4 April 2022 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Saravanan V. Subramanian / Katharina Molitor (2021)
On the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 20 December 2021 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia (2020)
Dar sentido al antropoceno: más allá de los 2 °C, una discusión sobre la desigualdad y las privaciones autoinfligidas
in: Anuario Internacional, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), 30-31.