Biography
Sam is Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy at the Smith School and the School of Geography and the Environment. Before moving to Oxford, Sam was Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, where he remains a Visiting Professor.
Sam works at the intersection of research and public policy. He is interested in the policy interventions and governance arrangements that are needed for a smooth transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. He has also worked on climate change adaptation and sustainable growth in developing countries.
Sam was an inaugural member of the UK Climate Change Committee and its Adaptation Sub-Committee, and he served as a non-executive Director of British International Investment, the UK's development finance institution.
Earlier in his career, Sam worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where he was Deputy Chief Economist, the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility. He has studied economics at the University of Berne (Switzerland), the London School of Economics and University College London.
Recent Publications
in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
Juliette Caucheteux , Sam Fankhauser , Sugandha Srivastav
in Climate Policy
Sam Fankhauser , Cameron Hepburn , Stephanie Hirmer , Tonny Kukeera , Dhruv Singh , Ingrid Sundvor , Philipp A. Trotter , Pu Yang
in Environmental Research Letters
Pu Yang , Sam Fankhauser , Stephen M. Smith , Ingrid Sundvor , Stephanie Hirmer , Injy Johnstone , Joseph Stemmler
in Nature Climate Change
Thomas Hale , Thom Wetzer , Selam Kidane Abebe , Myles Allen , Amir Amel-Zadeh , John Armour , Kaya Axelsson , Ben Caldecott , Lucilla Dias , Sam Fankhauser , Benjamin Franta , Cameron Hepburn , Kennedy Mbeva , Lavanya Rajamani , Steve Smith , Rupert Stuart-Smith
in Nature Energy
Vivien Foster , Philipp A. Trotter , Sven Werner , Melin Niedermayer , Yacob Mulugetta , Ploy Achakulwisut , Aoife Brophy , Navroz K. Dubash , Sam Fankhauser , Adam Hawkes , Stephanie Hirmer , Stuart Jenkins , Sam Loni , Alexis McGivern , Khamphone Nanthavong , Benedict Probst , Steve Pye , Vladimir Russo , Gregor Semieniuk , Carlos Shenga , Vignesh Sridharan , Sugandha Srivastav , Youba Sokona , Lucas Somavilla Croxatto , Pu Yang
in Global Policy
Sam Fankhauser , Sugandha Srivastav , Ingrid Sundvor , Stephanie Hirmer , Gireesh Shrimali
Nicola Ranger , Brian O'Callaghan , Fulvia Marotta , Sam Fankhauser
in Nature Climate Change
Sam Fankhauser , Stephen M. Smith , Myles Allen , Kaya Axelsson , Thomas Hale , Cameron Hepburn , J. Michael Kendall , Radhika Khosla , Javier Lezaun , Eli Mitchell-Larson , Michael Obersteiner , Lavanya Rajamani , Rosalind Rickaby , Nathalie Seddon , Thom Wetzer
Cameron Hepburn , Sarah Chapman , Baran Doda , Chris Duffy , Samuel Fankhauser , James Rydge , Kathryn Smith , Luca Taschini , Alessandro Vitelli
Cameron Hepburn , Samuel Fankhauser , Jisung Park
Recent Events
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Panel discussion: 'Post-COP29 Debrief: Reflections on a divisive deal'
Oxford Martin School LecturesSam Fankhauser, Thomas Hale, Injy Johnstone, Jodi-Ann Wang, Ushika Kidd & Flora Prideaux
Online Event
