He joined the Grantham Research Institute as a Research Officer in the Economics of Biodiversity Additionality (BIOADD) project in February 2023.

Lorenzo has recently received a PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He holds a MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change (LSE) and a BA in Economics and Trade (University of Florence, Italy).

During his PhD, he has also held a Research Associate role at the European University Institute, working on the dynamic and spatial aspects of structural transformation in Sub-Saharan African Countries.

He has worked as a research assistant for projects hosted at the LSE Middle East Centre, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and LSE Department of Geography and the Environment.

Lorenzo’s current research investigates the implications of market-based climate instruments in terms of air quality and environmental justice, with an emphasis on the distribution of co-benefits from carbon taxation. In parallel, he studies the impact of layered economic shocks and policies on the dynamics of deforestation and forest fires in tropical countries, focussing on issues of additionality and carbon leakage. He has recently started working on the economics of biodiversity, on the relationship between tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration and poverty alleviation, and on the interplay between polluting industries, agriculture and natural resources. His work has so far been published in PNAS, Environmental and Resource Economics, and Biological Conservation.