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RGI welcomes new Member Bellona Europa

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Published 07 July 2022

RGI warmly welcomes its newest Member, Bellona Europa. Bellona Europa is an independent, non-profit organisation that addresses environmental and climate challenges.

Bellona Europa was founded back in 1986, aiming to meet and fight the climate challenges, by identifying and implementing sustainable environmental solutions. The NGO works solution-oriented towards reaching a greater ecological understanding, protection of nature, the environment and health. It has a comprehensive and cross-sectoral approach to assess the economics, climate impacts and technical feasibility of necessary climate actions. To do this, it collaborates with civil society, academia, governments, institutions and industries.

“Direct electrification with renewable electricity is the most efficient way to abate emissions and reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. Grids are a fundamental component of the transition but are often taken for granted.  Joining RGI is for us a renewed commitment to bring grids and electrification at the centre of the political conversation.”

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Mara Zainea

Mara joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2021. Her main responsibilities at RGI encompass communications and media work as well as event management. She previously worked as a training coordinator at the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin and at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) within the European University Institute. At the FSR she was also responsible for donor relations and policy events. Mara studied in Sibiu (Romania), Salzburg (Austria) and Berlin (Germany) and holds degrees in German and English Philology (BA) and Arts and Media Administration (MA).