Lara Dammer, MA Pol Sci, is the Head of Department “Economy & Policy” at nova-Institute. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Bonn University. The focal points of her work are the political framework for the material use of renewable raw materials, CCU and Circular Economy, national and international climate, resource and environmental policy, companies’ sustainability strategies, market analysis as well as standardisation and certification of bio-based and CO2-based products. Lara facilitates the Renewable Carbon Initiative’s working group on policy. In this role, she is actively involved in several European policy processes that work on advancing the renewable carbon economy.