Dimitri Zenghelis has an extensive career in economic analysis related to climate change and sustainability. He has held senior positions at organizations including the London School of Economics, the UK Treasury, and the Stern Review. Currently he is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute and works as an economic consultant for projects on developing climate and energy policy. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and publications on topics including green growth, infrastructure investment, and the economics of climate change.

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DIMITRI ALEXIS ZENGHELIS
CONTACT Flat 1, 24 Ray Street Tel: +44 (0)778 6691165
London, EC1R 3DJ d.a.zenghelis@lse.ac.uk
CAREER HISTORY
Apr 2013 - Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Joint-head Policy and Principle Research Officer. Lead
economic analysis to develop global climate/energy policy
Apr 2013 - present Economic consultant
Work with Vivid Economics on bespoke projects for a variety
of clients including World Bank and Green Alliance
Sep 2013 - Sep 2014 Global Commission on the Economy and Climate
Acting Chief Economist. Lead economic analysis and
provide a rigorous and balanced application of the economics
toolkit to assess diverse global challenges
Apr 2008 - Jan 2013 Cisco Systems, IBSG
Senior Economic Advisor. Economic analysis to develop
institutional and technical solutions to intractable twenty-first
century challenges. Projects delivered on smart urban
development, the economics of innovation and the social
benefits of a connected society
Mar 2008 - Apr 2014 Royal Institute of International Affairs
Associate Fellow, Chatham House. Developing
international understanding of the economics of climate
change, and the role of policy institutions in safeguarding
global security and prosperity
Mar 2008 - Apr 2013 London School of Economics
Senior Visiting Fellow, Grantham Research Institute
for Climate Change and the Environment. Economic
research centre, chaired by Lord Nicholas Stern. Analytical
research to produce rigorous, policy-relevant contributions to
international debates around, and responses to, climate
change
Aug 2007 - April 2008 Stern Team, Prime Minister’s Office of Climate Change
Team Leader. Build on the findings of the Stern Review to
lead the international economic debate on climate change.
Led and developed staff, took responsibility for analytical
work-streams, delivery of regional climate studies and high-
level global representations

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Nov 2005 - Aug 2007 Stern Review on Economics of Climate Change
Lead Chapter Author and Senior Economist. Led on the
costs of mitigation, ‘competitiveness’ impacts, model
comparisons, theoretical and ethical framework. Led in
disseminating and presenting Review, taking forward
analysis and principles to strengthen delivery of UK's
international climate change strategy. Presented review
internationally to global leaders.
Sep 2003 - Nov 2005 HM Treasury, London
Head of EMU Analysis Branch. Informed and
administered any future assessment of the Five Economic
Tests. Briefing and advice to ministers. Review progress of
single currency in euro area
Feb 1999 – Sep 2003 HM Treasury, London
Head of Economic Forecasting. Responsible for
Government macroeconomic forecast using HM Treasury
model. Regular briefings to Chancellor and Prime Minister.
Modelling analysis published in the UK Budget and Pre-
Budget Reports. Represented HMT at OECD, EC forecast
meetings, IMF Article IV discussions, Monetary Policy
Committee of the Bank of England, National Accounts
division of the ONS etc... Editor of internal Economic Note
research papers
Oct 1998 – Dec 1998 Oxford Economic Forecasting, Oxford
External Consultant. Advisor on East Asian trade and
investment flows. Authored feature article for 1999 World
Economic Prospects Quarterly Bulletin
Jun 1996 - Jun 1998 Institute of International Finance, Washington DC
Economist, Asia/Pacific Department. Analyst for
Philippines, Pakistan, Malaysia and Taiwan. Provided
membership with timely macroeconomic policy and risk
analysis founded on regional visits to SE Asia
Apr 1995 - Jun 1996 Tokai Bank Europe, London
Head of European Economic Research. Country and
global market economic analysis and reports. Advised
traders and briefed clients
Aug 1993 - Apr 1995 Liberal Democrats, House of Commons, London
Senior Economic Advisor. Policy development. Advised
Treasury Spokesman. Briefed MPs. Articles published in
national press and Parliamentary Brief
Aug 1992 - Jul 1993 Oxford Economic Forecasting, Oxford
International Economist. Forecaster and analyst for Italy,
Korea and Taiwan. Helped develop OEF’s China model
together with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in
Beijing. Editor of US publication The Oxford Perspective

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Jul/Aug 1992 St Hugh’s college, Oxford
Examiner. Assessed/graded entrance and first year papers
EDUCATION
1991 -1992 Bristol University
MSc Economics. Dissertation: ‘Measures of Persistence in
International Economic Time Series’
1987 -1990 St Hugh’s College, Oxford
BA Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and
Economics, Class 2(i). Thesis: ‘Money, Equilibrium and
Prices’. Winner of Nancy Burton Prize for PPE with essay
entitled ‘Examining Monetarism’
LANGUAGES Greek (fluent); French (basic)
RESEARCH FIELDS
Macroeconomics, forecasting, climate, sustainability, innovation, cities
PUBLICATIONS
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Peer-Reviewed Papers
‘Building sustainable 21st century infrastructure (Part 1): time to invest’
Zenghelis, D., August 2016
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Building sustainable 21st century infrastructure (Part 2): institutional reform’
Zenghelis, D., August 2016
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘The competitiveness impact of a UK carbon price: what do the data say?’
Grover, D., Shreedhar, G. and Zenghelis, D., January 2016
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Climate change priorities for the next UK Government’
Bassi, S., Duffy, C., Gambhir, A., Ward, R. E. and Zenghelis, D., March 2015
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Taming the beasts of 'burden-sharing': an analysis of equitable 2030 mitigation pledges’
Averchenkova, A, Stern, N. Zenghelis, D., December 2014
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Path-dependence, innovation and the economics of climate change’
Aghion, P., Hepburn, C., Teytelboym, A., and Zenghelis, D., November 2014
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Burden or Opportunity? How UK Emissions Reductions Policies Affect the Competitiveness of Businesses’
Bassi, S. and Zenghelis, D., July 2014
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics

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‘Copenhagen - Green Economy Leader Report’
Floater, G. Rode, P., and Zenghelis, D., May 2014
London School of Economics
‘Greening the recovery’
Ekins, P., McDowall, W., and Zenghelis, D., February 2014
UCL Green Economy Policy Commission
‘In praise of a green stimulus’
Zenghelis, D., January 2014
WIREs Climate Change, 5:7–14. doi: 10.1002/wcc.256
‘Stockholm - Green Economy Leader Report’
Floater, G. Rode, P., and Zenghelis, D., June 2013
London School of Economics,
‘Green growth begins with green shoots’
Environmental Scientist, December 2012. Vol 21.4
‘A Strategy for Restoring Confidence and Economic Growth through Green Investment and Innovation’
Zenghelis, D., April 2012
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘The Basic Economics of Low-Carbon Growth in the UK’
Romani, M. and Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., June 2011
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Cities and the Green Economy’ in UNEP Green Economy Report
Dimitri Zenghelis and Philipp Rode, February 2011
UNEP Green cities
‘A Macroeconomic Plan for a Green Recovery’
Zenghelis, D., January 2011
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Meeting the Climate Challenge: Using Public Funds to Leverage Private Investment in Developing
Countries’
Bowen, A., Romani, M. and Zenghelis, D., Aug 2009
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review’
Zenghelis, D. contributor, April 2009
Asian Development Bank
‘Principles for a Global Deal for Limiting the Risks from Climate Change’
Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., April 2009
Environmental Resource Economics
‘An Outline on the Case for a ‘Green’ Stimulus’
Bowen, A., Fankhauser, S., Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., Feb 2009
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘Right for the Right Reasons: A Final Rejoinder on the Stern Review’
Anderson, D., Dietz, S., Stern, N., Taylor, C. and Zenghelis, D., 2007
World Economics 8.2, pp.229-258
‘Reflections on the Stern Review: A Robust Case for Strong Action to Reduce the Risks of Climate Change’
Dietz, S., Hope, C., Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., 2007
World Economics 8.1, pp.121-168
Chapters in Books
‘Decarbonisation, innovation and the economics of climate change’
Zenghelis, D., Chapter 12 in ‘Redefining Capitalism’ July 2016. Michael Jacobs (Editor) and Mariana Mazzucato
(Editor), 2016, Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-12095-7
‘Economics of Green Cities’
Chapter 2 in ‘Building sustainability in an urbanizing world” Daniel Hoornweg and Mila Freire Eds.
The World Bank, July 2013, No. 17
‘Driving Growth through Green Innovation’
Chapter 12, The Green Book Summer 2013

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‘Global Problems City Solutions’
The Electric City. Chapter on Green Cities
Rode, P., Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., December 2012
‘City Solutions to Global Problems’
Rode, P., Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D.
Chapter in ‘Living in the Endless City’, Phaidon. June 2011
‘Trade, Technology and the Green Economy’
Chapter ‘The Road to Rio+20: For a Development-led Green Economy,’ forwarded by Jeff Sachs
UNCTAD, April 2011
‘Copenhagen Discord: Bottom-Up Investing in a Global Landscape’
The Journal of Environmental Investing, Vol 1, No 1, March 2010
‘Environmental Alpha: Institutional Investors and Climate Change’
Chapter author in book, October 2009
‘The State of Responsible Competitiveness 2007’
Foreword by Hon. Al Gore, Accountability, July 2007
Chapter author, p47
Book Reviews
‘Equity and national mitigation’
Zenghelis, D., January 2017
Nature Climate Change
‘Enough Already’
Review of book by Diane Coyle ‘The Economics of Enough’ , May 2011
Nature, Climate Change
‘Science Fact, Climate Fiction—Clarifying the Debate’
Review of books by James Hansen, Stephen H. Schneider, James Hoggan and Richard Littlemore, May-June 2010
American Scientist
‘Book Review’
Review of book by Bjørn Lomborg ‘Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits’, 2010
Journal of Environmental Investing, Vol 1, No 2
‘The Question of Global Warming: An Exchange’
with William Nordhaus and Leigh Sullivan, 2008
The New York Review of Books, 15.14
Press Articles
‘This is humankind's 'great urbanisation' era. We must do it right, or the planet will pay’
Zenghelis, D and Nick Stern, November 2016
The Guardian
‘It’s too early to say Britain has had a Brexit boost’
Zenghelis, D., September 2016
Newsweek
‘Climate change and cities: a prime source of problems, yet key to a solution’
Zenghelis, D. and Stern, N.,
The Guardian. November 2015
‘The greatest threat to the COP21 negotiations’
World Economic Forum Weforum, November 2015
‘Too soon to declare that Europe has ‘made the wrong bet’’
Letter to Financial Times, December 2015
‘Richard Tol's flawed claims about the Stern Review’
Business Spectator, April 2014
‘There are good economists and bad economists’
Business Green, December 2013
‘Why economic models tell us so little about the future’
Business Green September 18, 2013

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‘The politics and economics of change’
Business Green, July 2013
‘How innovation could deliver a virtuous green growth spiral’
Business Green, May 8, 2013
‘The economics of resource efficient cities’
Inside Track Magazine’ Green Alliance group, Issue 32, Spring 2013
‘Why now is the best possible time to invest in Green’
Business Green, March 2013
‘A Credible Strategy to Stimulate Growth’
The ENDS Report. February 2013
‘Making Sustainability Pay’
The Globalist in advance of COP-18, November 2012
‘Green investments can overcome the paradox of thrift’
We need real public investment in Green projects now. New Statesman, June 2012
‘Restoring growth and Confidence Through Green Innovation.’
e!Sharp, June 2012.
‘What is the Role of Energy Innovation in Delivering a Secure, Affordable Low Carbon Economy?’
EuroNews, Comments Visions. Discussion, May 2012
‘We need a Queen’s Speech for Growth’
Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D.,
Financial Times, May 2012
‘Grasping the Opportunity’
‘Inside Track Magazine’ Green Alliance group, Issue 28, Spring 2011
Joint Critique of Bjørn Lomborg's Pronouncements on Climate Change,
Bowen, A., Dietz, S., Ward, R. E and Zenghelis, D.
The Guardian, September 2010
Blogs
‘Negative interest rates are an opportunity for the UK to invest in sustainable infrastructure’
Zenghelis, D., October, 2016
LSE Business Review. London School of Economics
‘Fog in the Channel: reports of a Brexit boost are at best premature’
Zenghelis, D., September 2016
Brexit Blog, London School of Economics
‘When will we know Brexit’s impact on the economy? Dates for the diary’
Zenghelis, D., July 2016
Brexit Blog, London School of Economics
‘A breakthrough in Paris’
Zenghelis, D., February 2016
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics Blog
‘A cost-effective balance between taxes on fossil fuel pollution and support for cleaner alternatives’
GRI Blog. Bowen, A., Ward, R.E., Zenghelis, D., July 2015
‘How much will it cost to cut global greenhouse gas emissions?’
GRI blog, October 2014
‘What do economic models tell us?’
GRI blog, May 2014
‘Thinking Aloud Tackling Climate Change Can the cities lead?’
Rode, P. and Zenghelis, D.
Center for Urban Green Spaces Vol. 1 No. 4, January 2014
‘Multiplied dividends from promoting green investment’
LSE Politics and Policy Blog, July 2012

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Parliamentary and other Submissions
‘The importance of looking forward to manage risks: submission to the Task Force on Climate-Related
Financial Disclosures’
Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., June 2016
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
‘The role of HM Treasury in relation to sustainable development and environmental protection’
Zenghelis, D., February 2016
Submission to inquiry on by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
‘From Rome to Paris: a Call for Strong and Urgent Climate Action’
International Symposium on Climate Change and World Development
Joint author, June 2015
Consultation response: ‘Reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape’
Bassi, S., Duffy C., Fankhauser, S., Ward R.E. and Zenghelis, D., November 2015
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
Written evidence to Environmental Audit Committee
Submitted by the Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics and Imperial College London
Bassi, S., Fankhauser, S., Hirst, N., Ward R.E and Zenghelis, D., January 2015
Submission to the inquiry on ‘Environmental Risk of Fracking’ by the House of Commons Environmental
Audit Committee
With Bassi S., Fankhauser, S., Hirst, N., Ward R.E. and Zenghelis, D., December 2014
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
Submission to House of Lords inquiry into EU energy policy
Written and Oral evidence. Wolf, M. (Financial Times) and Zenghelis, D. October 2012
‘Fostering a New era of Low-Carbon Progress and Prosperity’
Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D.
‘Climate Change: the New Economy’ published at COP 16 in Cancun. p22: December 2010
Other Publications
‘Climate Confidence Indicator’
McDowall, W. and Zenghelis, D., March 2016
Final Report to CCCEP’. GRI Working Paper 231. Joint with UCL
‘Innovating for a Sustainable Economy’
Statkraft Climate Roundtable, June 2015
‘Tough Love'
Combes, B. and Zenghelis, D.,
Llewellyn Consulting, October 2014
‘Keep the climate, change the economy’
The Guardian, Round table debate and published feature, June 2014
‘Nicholas Stern and Dimitri Zenghelis respond to publication of new climate change report’
CCEP Media Release, April 2014
‘Going Green: How cities are leading the next economy’
Public lecture hosted by Grantham Institute for Research on Climate Change and LSE Cities
November 2013
‘Designing the future: the role of smart green cities’
October 2103
‘The Climate Change Act’
Briefing Note. Bassi, S. and Ward R. E. and Zenghelis, D., September, 2013
Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
Interview Journal of Environmental Investing
Vol 4, No 1 (2013), September 2013
‘No Country is an Energy Island: Securing Investment for the EU's Future’
European Union Committee, Evidence with Martin Wolf – May 2013
‘Das Kommunale ist global. Der weltweite Klimawandel lässt sich nur durch Grüne Städte stoppenpaper’
co-authored with Philipp Rode on green cities for the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), July 2012

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‘Delivering Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Economic Growth in Europe’, presented at Salzburg
Trilogue. The Trilogue included, among others, Baroness Ashton (European Commission VP and representative for
Foreign Affairs), Pascal Lamy (DG of the WTO) and Wim Kok (President of the Club of Madrid)
‘Ten Principles for an Effective Business and Innovation Policy in the UK’.
The Growth Factory: 21st century industrial strategy for the UK, May 2012.
‘Networked Solutions for 21st-Century Challenges; The Economics of Complexity and Scarcity, and the
Role of Networked Innovation’
Cisco PoV, November 2011
‘The Economics of Network Powered Growth’
Cisco PoV, January 2011
‘Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change’
HM Treasury and Cabinet Office, 2006
Forthcoming
‘Impact of Carbon Policies on Total Input Costs of Energy Intensive Industries in the UK’
Curran. P., Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., September 2016 (forthcoming)
Policy paper by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of
Economics.
‘Impact of Carbon Policies on Total Input Costs of Energy Intensive Industries in the UK’
Curran. P., Stern, N. and Zenghelis, D., September 2016 (forthcoming)
Policy paper by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of
Economics.
‘Innovation, Growth and Sustainable Cities’
Zenghelis, D., September 2016 (forthcoming)
Policy paper by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of
Economics.
‘Climate Policy and the impact of Quantitative Easing’
Campiglio, E., Matikainen, S. and Zenghelis, D., September 2016 (forthcoming)
Policy paper by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of
Economics.
‘Stranded Wealth of Nations? Diversifying Assets of Carbon-Intensive Countries Under Uncertainty’
Co-author, World Bank Book ID: 116458 ISBN 978146480782. (forthcoming)
‘Nodes of capital: cities, wealth and the era of urbanisation’
Zenghelis, D., Chapter 16 in ‘National Wealth: What is missing, why it matters’. Hepburn, C. (Editor) and Hamilton, K.
(Editor). Oxford University Press. (forthcoming)
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS, TALKS AND BROADCASTS
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Climate Change Special with Afshin Rattansi, December 2016 (minute 15:00)
Evidence to Environmental Audit Committee, June 2016
TEDx talk: ‘Was Paris a tipping point?’ April 2016
Launch of the energy transition and climate change initiative, June 2015
“The best lecture I have ever heard, in my life! And I’ve heard a lot of lectures…”
- Josep Borrell, President of European Parliament 2004-2007 (minute 45:50)
TEDx talk: ‘Low-carbon innovation’. April 2015
NewsAsia, September 2014
Urban Age Electric City, Green Economy, December 2012
Evidence to Environmental Audit Committee, December 2012
BBC World Service - In the Balance, October 2012

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Breakthrough Capitalism , June 2012
Debating Bjorn Lomborg at the LSE, February 2011 (minute 50)
Carbon Public Enemy n°1, 2010
The BBC Radio 4, Analysis – ‘The wrong way to a warmer world?’ April 2008
ADVISORY/OTHER ROLES PAST AND PRESENT
Management Board LSE Cities
Associate Green Alliance
External Advisory Board UCL Innopaths project
Task Force on Low Carbon Prosperity World Economic Forum
Advisory Board Tempus Energy
Advisory Board Member UCL Green Economy Policy Commission
Global Advisory Council Sustainable Finance Programme
Judge Green Innovation & Finance Awards
Senior Economic Advisor The Climate Centre, Seneca Group
Contributory Advisor and Reviewer UNEP Green Economy Report
Economics Director The Economics of Green Cities Programme
Editorial Board Journal for Environmental Investing
Advisory Board Global Urban Development
Advisory Group SMART 2020 Initiative
Fellow Royal Society of Arts
Advisory Board Climate Prosperity Alliance
Associate/Contributor Climate Change Task Force
Advisory Board UK National Ecosystem Assessment
Advisory Committee Sustainable Development Research Network
Advisor World Bank Partnership for Urban Development
Smart Cities Advisory Group The Climate Group
Integrated Applications Panel member European Space Agency
REFEREES Professor Lord Nick Stern Simon Willis
IG Patel Professor of Chief Executive Officer
Economics & Government LSE The Young Foundation
N.Stern@lse.ac.uk Simon.willis@purpose.com