Lorenzo Sileci

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (LSE) and the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy (LEEP) Institute (University of Exeter), affiliated to the Dragon Capital Chair Programme in Biodiversity Economics.

My work combines environmental and development economics. I use applied econometrics, georeferenced data and satellite imagery to causally examine complex interactions between the economy and the biosphere. My research focusses on forests, carbon and biodiversity additionality, and on the interplay between climate mitigation and economic development. I am also interested in issues of environmental justice and distribution, and in the role of polluting industries in shaping environment-development trade-offs.