Professor of Climate Policy
University of Exeter Business School
Jean-Francois Mercure is Professor of Climate Policy at the University of Exeter’s Business School and director of Exeter Climate Policy, the university’s initiative to support policy-makers on climate issues. He was previously Senior Climate Economist at the World Bank. His research focuses on the economics and finance of low-carbon transitions, and climate-related risks. He develops models and methods for public policy appraisal for assessing the effectiveness and macro- and socio-economic impacts of diverse types of low-carbon, energy and climate policies. He works with scientists of all disciplines, and translates complex science for public policy use. He helped raise awareness of and provide analytics for assessing transition risks and the macroeconomic impacts of stranded fossil fuel assets. He authored the books ‘Rethinking Climate Policy’ and ‘Complexity Economics for Environmental Governance’ at Cambridge University Press.