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Roberta joined the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in January 2020. She is responsible for providing policy-related research assistance to Professor Stern. She is also a Policy Fellow within the Institute’s policy team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Prior to joining Grantham, Roberta worked at IDDRI\/Sciences Po in Paris as Senior Research Fellow for 3 years, focusing on low-carbon transition pathways at the country and sectoral level, as well as on capacity building for the implementation of the Paris Agreement in developing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also worked as a Research Fellow for the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, where she focused on low-carbon technologies in BRICS-countries. Her professional experience also includes work for the global consultancy ICF International in London, to evaluate the impacts of climate and energy policies in the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roberta started her career at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), where she worked in Milan and Venice as an Economist\/Research Fellow for 5 years. There she used CGE modelling to estimate the economic impacts of climate change across countries and to create sustainable development indicators<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roberta holds a MSc (cum laude) in Economic modelling and Statistics and a BSc (cum laude) in Economic Development and Environmental Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Decarbonisation pathways at the country level<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Role of low-carbon transition in fostering sustainable development<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Alignment between short-to-medium term climate commitments and long-term decarbonisation trajectories<\/li>\n\n\n\n
New indicators for measuring countries performance in delivering economic growth and development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Publications produced prior to joining the Institute<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Fragkos, P., Fragkiadakis, K., Paroussos, L., Pierfederici, R. et al. Coupling national and global models to explore policy impacts of NDCs, Energy Policy, Volume 118, July 2018, Pages 462-473.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spencer, T., Pierfederici, R. et al. Tracking Sectoral Progress in the Deep Decarbonisation of Energy Systems in Europe, Energy Policy, Volume 110, November 2017, Pages 509–517.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Campagnolo, L., Carraro, C., Eboli, F., Farnia, L., Parrado, R., Pierfederici, R, The Ex-Ante Evaluation of Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, Social Indicators Research, 1-44, February 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spencer, T., Pierfederici, R. et al. State of the Low-Carbon Energy Union: Assessing the EU’s Progress towards its 2030 and 2050 Climate Objectives, Study N°08\/16, IDDRI, November 2016.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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