{"id":116,"date":"2021-06-04T17:07:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfieurope.org\/?post_type=team&#038;p=116"},"modified":"2023-06-02T16:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:07:07","slug":"alex-holst","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/gfieurope.org\/it\/team\/alex-holst\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Holst"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"page-header-team alignfull has-gray-background-color has-background\">\n\t<div class=\"page-header-team__wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"page-header-team__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"page-header-team__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-header-team__title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-header-team__title\"><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"page-header-team__position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-vertical-padding has-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">Photo credit: Barbara Evripidou\/FirstAvenuePhotography.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Areas of expertise: EU policy, strategic relations, the societal benefits of sustainable proteins.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex leads GFI Europe\u2019s strategic policy relations. He collaborates with NGOs, think tanks, businesses, and other political actors to advance plant-based, fermentation-made, and cultivated meat in Europe. He brings experience from working on EU policy advocacy, international climate change policy, and development cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"media-content has-yellow-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"media-content__wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"media-content__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"media-content__figure\">\n\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;gfieurope.org&#x2F;it&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;sites&#x2F;3&#x2F;2021&#x2F;06&#x2F;shutterstock_184988687-800x600.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Our&#x20;policy&#x20;team&#x20;works&#x20;at&#x20;the&#x20;EU&#x20;and&#x20;national&#x20;levels\" height=\"1706\" width=\"2560\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"media-content__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"evidence-based-regulation\">Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex works in strategic policy relations. Learn more about his work and access policy resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gfieurope.org\/policy\/\">Learn more about Alex&#8217;s work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"latest-updates-from-alex\">Latest updates from Alex<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"cards cards--curated cards--slider\">\n\t<div class=\"cards__wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"card card--comment_letter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"card__figure\">\n\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;gfieurope.org&#x2F;it&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;sites&#x2F;3&#x2F;2021&#x2F;08&#x2F;shutterstock_1198926103-435x297.jpg\" srcset=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/gfieurope.org\/it\/comment-letters\/horizon-europe-letter\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\tOpen letter to European Commission on Horizon Europe<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-label=\"Open submenu\" width=\"7\" height=\"13\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"svg svg--arrow-right\"><path d=\"M.5.136L6.864 6.5.5 12.864z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>GFI Europe and 20 others wrote to the European Commission calling for Horizon Europe research funding for plant-based and cultivated&hellip;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-vertical-padding has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex 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