Data for Development expert at the GIZ Data Lab

Robin Nowok is a Data for Development expert at the GIZ Data Lab, where he leads experimental approaches to applying emerging technologies for sustainable development. With a background in geosciences and energy systems, he works across digital methods (from Earth observation to natural language processing) to address challenges spanning multilateral diplomacy and local climate action.

As GIZ's focal point for the Data-Powered Positive Deviance (DPPD) initiative, he supports the practical application of a methodology that uses non-traditional data sets to identify and scale local success stories. He is an active voice in the data for development community, speaking at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém and the UN World Data Forum in Medellín about an AI-based tool that analyzes and compares negotiating positions within climate policy documents (NegotiateAI & NegotiateCOP).