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I am an Economist within the Economics Team (subscribe to our Newsletter) at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Interim Lead of EDF's new Economic Analysis Hub, and editor of EDF's Economics Discussion Paper (EDP) series. I am also a member of the Climate Action Teams (CAT) initiative and part of the Management Team of the RESET Network - Solutions for South-led just energy transitions and Multi-Country Energy Transition (MCET) Network. Previously, I was a Post-doctoral Fellow, Labor Economist at EDF. 

Before joining EDF, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF). I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University (ASU). Before that time, I worked as a Policy Advisor at the Mexican Ministry of Finance (SHCP).

My background combines Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics, and quantitative economy-wide modeling. My current research focuses on Environmental Economics from a Macroeconomics perspective. Much of my work relates to understanding the effects of implementing carbon pricing or other environmental policies on the economy as a whole and the labor market. 

Recently, I have been focusing on power system transformations, their labor market implications, and the broader economic impacts of clean energy policies. I have also started to work on understanding the effects of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in developing countries.

What's new?

My comment "Overcoming five key challenges to make the energy transition a just labor transition"  is now published in Nature Communications. 

with Sharan Burrow, Shouvik Chakraborty, Reza Daniels, Alan Finkelstein Shapiro, Helena Garcia, Raphael Heffron, Michael Jakob, Markus Janser, Suzi Kerr, Catherine Leining, Dave Maré, Mauro Pucheta, Daniel Raimi, Mandy Rambharos, Euan Richardson, Marcela Tarazona, and Alessio Terzi,  

I presented our commentary at the ARNECC Paper Talks — Just and Inclusive Energy Transition Series, hosted by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and the ASEAN Climate Change and Energy Project (ACCEPT II). The session explored how the five-challenges framework applies to the ASEAN context, with particular focus on Indonesia and Vietnam's JETP implementation, informal workforce inclusion, and measuring progress through the Just Labor Transition Progress Scale. The discussion highlighted the importance of tailored, context-specific policies and South-South knowledge exchange — connecting directly to work underway through the RESET Network. Read ACE's full write-up here. (Recording)

Our new Market Forces blog post "Canada's Methane Opportunity and Canadian Jobs Hinge on Strong Alberta Implementation of Federal Methane Rules" examines how Alberta's participation is key to unlocking the full economic opportunity of the federal methane rules — including approximately 7,522 jobs in Alberta alone. With Ari Pottens, Christine Gerbode, and Juan Moreno-Cruz (University of Waterloo).

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