Biography

François Cohen is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. François is also Associate Professor (professor agregat) at the Department of Economics and Chair of Energy Sustainability of the University of Barcelona, Spain. François is primarily interested in policies to mitigate climate change and the socioeconomic impacts of climate change.

Recent Publications

May 2024
Journal

Understanding the Link between Temperature and Crime
in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
François Cohen , Fidel Gonzalez

May 2022
Journal

Mortality, Temperature and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico
in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
François Cohen , Antoine Dechezleprêtre

Feb 2022
Journal

Plant conversions and abatement technologies cannot prevent stranding of power plant assets in 2°C scenarios
in Nature Communications
Yangsiyu Lu , François Cohen , Stephen M. Smith , Alexander Pfeiffer

Dec 2020
Report

Climate change and Emerging Markets after Covid-19
François Cohen , Matthew Ives , Sugandha Srivastav , Moritz Schwarz , Paolo De Souza , Yangsiyu Lu , Penny Mealy , Cameron Hepburn , Luke Jackson

Nov 2020
Journal

Guidelines for Modeling and Reporting Health Effects of Climate Change Mitigation Actions
in Environmental Health Perspectives
François Cohen

Oct 2020
Journal

Cooling for sustainable development
in Nature Sustainability
Radhika Khosla , Nicole D. Miranda , Philipp A. Trotter , Antonella Mazzone , Renaldi Renaldi , Caitlin McElroy , François Cohen , Anant Jani , Rafael Perera-Salazar , Malcolm McCulloch

Aug 2020
Journal

The Challenge of Using Epidemiological Case Count Data: The Example of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and the Weather
in Environmental and Resource Economics
François Cohen , Moritz Schwarz , Yangsiyu Lu , Anant Jani , Sihan Li

Oct 2019
Journal

Is Natural Capital Really Substitutable?
in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
François Cohen , Cameron Hepburn , Alexander Teytelboym

Apr 2019
Report

Environmental Change and Human Health: an Assessment of the Economic Significance of Global Warming and Air Pollution for Planetary Health
François Cohen , Tahnee Ooms

Jul 2018
INET Working Paper

No. 2018-12 - Is Natural Capital Really Substitutable?
François Cohen , Cameron Hepburn , Alexander Teytelboym

Jan 2018
INET Working Paper

No. 2018-02 - The Impact of Negative Emissions Technologies and Natural Climate Solutions on Power-Sector Asset Stranding
Alexander Pfeiffer , François Cohen

Jan 2018
INET Working Paper

No. 2018-01 - Understanding Interpersonal Violence: the Impact of Temperatures in Mexico
François Cohen , Fidel Gonzalez

Nov 2017
Book

The wealth of nature: Increasing national wealth and reducing risk by measuring and managing natural capital
Cameron Hepburn , Alexander Teytelboym , Kirk Hamilton , François Cohen , Frank Sperling

Oct 2017
Journal

The impact of energy prices on product innovation: Evidence from the UK refrigerator market
in Energy Economics
François Cohen , Matthieu Glachant , Magnus Söderberg

Jan 2017
Journal

Consumer myopia, imperfect competition and the energy efficiency gap: Evidence from the UK refrigerator market
in European Economic Review
François Cohen , Matthieu Glachant , Magnus Söderberg