Peer-reviewed work and working papers.
Under the Green Canopy: bringing up to date public climate finance determinants analysis with AI
Climate finance is critical for addressing the multifaceted challenges of climate change, encompassing mitigation, adaptation, and environmental sustainability. This study aims to renew the analysis of a critical part of climate finance …
Maladaptation by Displacement: Spatial Spillovers of Adaptation Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ongoing work with Florian Weiler (Central European University) on the spatial dimension of adaptation finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: how geocoded adaptation projects relate to outcomes in the areas around them. The project combines …
Scaling down climate adaptation finance justice: how cosmopolitan allocation ideals withstand sovereign realities at the subnational level
Joint work with Paul Vernus on how the justice ideals embedded in global climate governance play out when adaptation finance is allocated within countries. Using geocoded adaptation finance across tens of thousands of subnational units …
Development Goals, Emissions Costs? Climate and Development Finance vis-à-vis Local CO₂ Emissions
The global challenge of climate change is increasingly a place-based development challenge: investments that raise living standards also shape long-run emissions through energy systems, infrastructure, and urban form. This paper uses …
No plan, No Aid? The effects of National Adaptation Plan implementation on received Adaptation Aid
“No Plan, No Aid?” examines whether implementing a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) increases a country’s climate adaptation finance. Through a novel theoretical model and a robust Double Machine Learning (DML) approach, the authors find that …