Suzi Kerr

Chief Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

Suzi Kerr is the Chief Economist at Environmental Defense Fund. She was, until May 2019, a Senior Fellow, and from 1998 – 2009 Founding Director, at Motu Research in New Zealand. She graduated from Harvard University in 1995 with a

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On November 12, 2022, Suzi Kerr, Chief Economist and Mandy Rambharos, Vice President of Global Climate Cooperation at the Environmental Defense Fund, participated in an IETA BusinessHUB Pavilion event at #COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, exploring new models for international

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At COP27, Chile, New Zealand Representatives Express Support for Potential Collaboration in Climate Action Teams

Press release: COP27 event explores new model for large-scale mechanism for international climate cooperation between countries

November 12, 2022 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt–During a side event at the United Nations climate talks, government representatives from Chile and New Zealand expressed interest in and support for exploring the creation of a Climate Action Team agreement between the two

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Par of Environmental Defense Fund’s Economics Discussion Paper Series, this report represents a first approximation of the mitigation potential and its costs, since the implementation of any of the actions presented may require a whole set of analyses to determine

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Chile, New Zealand Representatives Express Support for Potential Collaboration in Climate Action Teams

Press release: New report and Latin American and the Caribbean Climate Week event explore a new model for international climate cooperation between countries, July 2022

(SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – 21 July, 2022) During a side event at Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW), government representatives from Chile and New Zealand expressed interest in and support for exploring the creation of a Climate

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Climate Action Teams mini-lateral cooperation to accelerate ambitious decarbonization_02.22 Published: November 2021

Suzi Kerr, Chief Economist of EDF and leader of the Climate Action Teams (CAT) initiative, talked  about ‘carbon markets’ and ‘carbon border measures’ during COP26 explaining the potential role that CAT initiative could play in both. Recording of both sessions

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Catherine Leining

Policy Fellow/Research Analyst, MOTU Economic and Public Policy Research

Catherine Leining has over 26 years of international policy experience with specialisation in climate change mitigation policy. As a Policy Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, she leads Motu’s research and engagement programme on “Shaping New Zealand’s Low-Emission

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Ruben Lubowski

Chief Natural Resource Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

Before joining the Environmental Defense Fund, Ruben spent five years at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service as a natural resource and agricultural economist and the agency’s specialist on land use. He also developed and managed environmental projects

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Oleg Lugovoy

Senior Economic Analyst, EDF

Oleg Lugovoy is a Senior Economic Analyst at EDF. He is an economic modelling expert and economic policy research analyst. He works in close collaboration with Russian and international research think tanks to develop economic models and tools for climate

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