Antonina Scheer
Antonina is a Policy Fellow and Research Project Manager at the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) Centre, an investor-backed initiative that provides asset owners and managers with data on the climate performance of companies, banks and countries. She manages the Assessing Sovereign Climate-Related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) project, developing the associated framework of indicators and coordinating the delivery of annual country assessments. She also carries out analysis on carbon-intensive industry sectors, contributes to the development of various TPI Centre methodologies and reports, and leads research on the just transition as an associate of the Just Transition Finance Lab.
Background
Prior to joining the TPI Centre, Antonina worked at the Climate Bonds Initiative, the International Renewable Energy Agency, an aquatic ecology research lab at McGill University, a Panamanian environmental non-profit organisation, and the housing facilities department of McGill University. Antonina holds an Honours BSc in Environmental Sciences from McGill University and graduated with Distinction from the MSc in Environmental Change and Management at the University of Oxford.
Research interests
• Climate finance
• Sustainable development
• Just Transition
Research
Research - 2022
The authors of this paper explore the direct and indirect employment impacts that could result from the low-carbon transition by analysing the effect of oil price fluctuations on the labour market of Alberta, a Canadian province economically reliant on oil sands extraction. Read more
News
News - 2024
This commentary explores how the world’s largest companies are addressing the social aspects of decarbonisation using the assessment results of the Climate Action 100+ framework. Read more
The authors of this commentary outline why active travel deserves a more prominent role in conversations about climate change, what cities like London can do to remove barriers, and why they are coordinating an open letter to the London mayoral candidates. Read more
This commentary explores possibilities for adopting a more nuanced and equitable approach to decarbonisation and climate finance. Read more
News - 2023
Ahead of the first ever high-level ministerial roundtable on just transition, to be held at COP28, Antonina Scheer, Tiffanie Chan and Setenay Hizliok outline a blueprint to drive discussions with national policymakers on priority areas for connecting climate ambition with social justice. Read more
News - 2022
The high quality of research by the London School of Economics and Political Science has been recognised in the results of the... Read more
