Leanne Cass - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

About

Leanne is an applied environmental economist. Her PhD research considered the role of international trade in the economic impacts of climate change, and also explored avenues towards reduced meat consumption, including meat taxation and innovation in plant-based substitute products. In her work as a member of the PRINZ Project, she studies the role of green skills and jobs for an equitable transition to net zero.

Background

Leanne has a PhD in Environmental Economics from LSE, an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick, and a BA from the University of Ottawa. She also has experience working as a steel market analyst at CRU International.

Research interests

Applied environmental economics
Trade and the environment
Meat consumption

Policy

Policy - 2023

Skills and wage gaps in the low-carbon transition: comparing job vacancy data from the US and UK

Policy publication

by Misato Sato, Leanne Cass, Aurélien Saussay, Francesco Vona, Leo Mercer and Layla O’Kane

on 23 January, 2023

This report provides a detailed characterisation of low-carbon jobs from the last decade in the United States and the United Kingdom, bringing new evidence to support policy discussions. Read more