{"id":2366,"date":"2014-03-13T17:07:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T17:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2366"},"modified":"2016-05-13T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T16:09:25","slug":"tim-laing","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/tim-laing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Laing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Tim worked as a postdoctoral research assistant with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/luca-taschini\/\">Luca Taschini&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/charles-palmer\/\">Charles Palmer<\/a>&nbsp;on the NORAD funded project, &lsquo;Developing an options market and complementary financial structures to mobilise private capital for REDD+ and manage climate policy risks&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p>The project was conducted in collaboration with the Environmental Defence Fund and IIASA.<\/p>\n<p>Tim moved on to become a Post-Doctoral Research Associate, CERMES at University of the West Indies.<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Tim previously completed his PhD at LSE. 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