Moritz Hermsdorf
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Environmental and Planning Law
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: ++49 - 341 - 6025 1085
Research Topics
- Climate mitigation and climate adaptation governance in the land use sector, particularly in forest ecosystems
- Legal issues related to the integration of market-based climate mitigation instruments, especially the EU Emissions Trading System and voluntary carbon markets
- Development of a regulatory framework to mobilize investment for technological carbon sinks
Curriculum Vitae
since 2025
Research Fellow in the project "ANK-SURVEY – Forest Living Labs – Experiments, Synthesis, and Governance for Optimizing Natural Climate Protection in Forest Ecosystems" (third-party funded), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental and Planning Law, Leipzig
2023 − 2025
Guest Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre für Environmental Research, Department of Environmental und Planning Law, Leipzig
Research Fellow at the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), Berlin, assigned to the Council member Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köck
2021 − 2023
Legal Internship at the Landgericht Leipzig, with working stations inter alia at the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture (Department 62: Energy und Climate Policy) and at the German University for Administrative Science in Speyer, Degree: Second Legal Exam (Ass. Jur.)
2018 − 2021
Student Assistant at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Environmental and Planning Law, Leipzig
2015 − 2021
Legal Studies at the University of Hamburg and the University of Leipzig, Degree: First Legal Exam (Dipl.-Jur.)
Publications
2025
Marquard, E., Hermsdorf, M., Dahms, H., Schleicher, K., Strunz, S., Baron, M., Salomon, M., Schmid, H.-L., Wiegand, S., Hornberg, C., Farwig, N., Wolters, V., Bauhus, J., Feindt, P., Köck, W., Settele, J.: Underpinnung the EU Nature Restoration Regulation: Five success factors for effective measures in the Member States, Restoration Ecology 2025, e70121.
Hermsdorf, M., Salomon, M., Schmalz, S.: Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -speicherung in Deutschland: CO2 auf Tauchstation, Politische Ökologie 1/2025, S. 116-119.
2023
Hermsdorf, M., Glaser, R.: Das Maßnahmengesetz als Präjudiz für eine Ausweitung der Klagemöglichkeiten von Umweltverbänden, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 16/2023, S. 1212-1222.
2022
Brückner, G., Hermsdorf, M.: Rechtsfragen der Errichtung von Freiflächen- und Floating-Photovoltaikanlagen zur Eigenversorgung betrieblicher Standorte, Landes- und Kommunalverwaltung 10/2022, S. 433-445.
Hermsdorf, M.: Die Vorschläge zur Reform der bauplanungsrechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für Windenergievorhaben auf dem Prüfstand, Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht 6/2022, S. 341-349.