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Alina Averchenkova is a Distinguished Policy Fellow and Lead for Governance and Legislation at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. She leads Governance and Legislation research and engagement with policy and decision makers on these issues worldwide. Alina is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With extensive experience on climate change and international development, Alina’s current work focuses on climate change governance and legislation around the world and capacity building and advisory to governments, parliaments, and international organisations on these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alina is a founding member of the Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies<\/path><\/svg><\/a> (KNOCA); a trustee of the Legal Response International and a member of Expert Advisory boards to the Carbon Neutrality Coalition and Green Deal Net and Idea International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the Grantham Institute in 2013, Alina was Global Director for Climate Change and Carbon at KPMG. Prior to KPMG, Alina has worked for a carbon-asset manager, First Climate, in Zurich, focusing on policies related to carbon markets. Before that, as a Programme Officer at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change based in Bonn, she supported international negotiations on post-2012 climate change regime. Her professional experience also includes work for the Environmental Defence Fund in Washington, DC, focusing on climate policy in economies in transition; for Metroeconomica Ltd on resource abundance and economic growth, and for the Bureau of Economic Analysis, on climate policy in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alina has extensive experience in providing advisory and capacity building services to governments, UN organisations and private sector, and in facilitating inter-ministerial and multi-stakeholder dialogues on climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alina holds a BSc in Geography from Moscow State University, and an MSc and a PhD in Economics and International Development from the University of Bath, focused on factors of effectiveness of international climate change regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Design and assessment of national climate governance systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Credibility of international commitments and their implementation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Design and impact of climate change legislation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The role of expertise and independent advisory bodies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Public participation and citizens assemblies on climate change<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Relationship between democratic institutions and climate action<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Governance of climate finance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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