Expertise Area: Energy and Climate Law

Alelegn Wenedem Agegnehu

I am Alegn Wenedem Agegnehu (LLB, MSc, LLM, PhD), an Assistant Professor and researcher at the Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. I bring more than a decade of academic, policy, and consultancy experience at the intersection of land governance, energy law, and climate change. My research focuses on real property rights, renewable energy regulation, climate finance, carbon markets, and sustainable development. I have led and contributed to numerous interdisciplinary projects related to land policy reform, clean energy transitions, just transition strategies, and Indigenous climate resilience. I have collaborated with organizations including GIZ, IGAD, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and have published widely on legal frameworks governing land and energy systems in Africa.