Faculty Member Biography

Joana Setzer

Assistant Professional Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, London School of Economics & Political Science

Joana Setzer is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her main areas of expertise are climate litigation and global environmental governance.

Since 2013 she has been involved, and since 2020 she has led the Grantham Research Institute’s Climate Change Laws of the World project – the most comprehensive global resource on climate policy, legislation and litigation.

Joana served as a Contributing Author for Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Review (IPCC AR6). She regularly advises a range of international, government and non-governmental organizations. She is a frequent speaker at academic and non-academic events and a regular source for media outlets.

Joana Setzer, Assistant Professional Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, London School of Economics & Political Science

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