Ongoing Research

Economics for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness in Europe (2020-21)

"Disasters can have devastating physical, social, and financial effects. In the past decade, Europe has seen major floods and earthquakes, while images of people seeking relief from record-breaking heatwaves are becoming commonplace. Between 1980 and 2020, natural disasters affected nearly 50 million people in the European Union, and caused on average an economic loss of €12 billion per year. Intensity and frequency of disasters is expected to grow as a result of climate change." ......
...... Read more here:
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/06/04/economics-for-disaster-prevention-and-preparedness-in-europe

I contributed to this project as a senior environmental economist with the World Bank. Project started in April 2020 and ended in June 2021. All reports are available in the link above. More links below:
https://ec.europa.eu/echo/field-blogs/videos/economics-disaster-prevention-and-preparedness_en
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2021/06/04/economics-for-disaster-prevention-and-preparedness-in-europe

Political Economy of Climate Governance (2019- )

Together with Sam Fankhauser, Joana Setzer, Ed Barbier and other collaborators, I investigate the political economics and geography of global climate legislation and litigation. Our works are/were funded/commissioned by the NBER and Kingston University.
Key publications:

Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and J. Setzer (2021). Global lessons from climate change legislation and litigation. Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, 2(1), 44-82. [NBER No. W27365]
Eskander, S. and S. Fankhauser (2020). Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from national climate legislation. Nature Climate Change, 1-7.

New WP coming soon ....

Household's Contribution to Disaster Finance (2020-21)

In collaboration with International Institute of Environment & Development (IIED), London, UK, I'm investigating out-of-pocket expenditures that the households make (both ex ante and ex post) in the wake of natural disasters. A primary survey of 3,000 rural households in selected districts of Bangladesh is currently underway. The project is funded by the UNDP Bangladesh.
Related publications:

Eskander, S., & Steele, P. (2019). Bearing the climate burden: how households in Bangladesh are spending too much. IIED WP Series
Eskander, S. & P. Steele (2019). Rural households in Bangladesh are shouldering the country’s climate burden, The Daily Star October 25, 2019.

Upscaling adaptation to climate change among female-led enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa (2020-2021)

This project investigates the specific barriers to adaptation faced by female-led businesses in sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of identifying gender-specific pathways to supporting some of the most vulnerable small businesses globally to manage the risks of climate change.
This project is a collaboration between the Grantham Research Institute, IED-Afrique and Kenya Markets Trust. The project is funded by the IDRC. Check the project page for updates.

Energy efficiency and CO2 emissions in UK universities (2020- )

In collaborations with multiple colleagues and grad students, I investigate the state of energy efficiency and consequent emissions of the UK universities. I received multiple small grants from Kingston University for these projects.
Key publications:

Eskander, S. and J. Nitschke (2021). Energy use and CO2 emissions in UK universities: An extended Kaya identity analysis
Eskander, S. and K. Istiak (2021). Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emission: How do UK universities measure up?

Global Livestock Emissions (2019- )

This project, commissioned by the Food & Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), investigates some key socioeconomic aspects of global livestock production systems. Examples include emission rebound effects in global beef production.
Key publications:

Acosta, A. and S. Eskander (2020). Emission rebound effect in global livestock market. under review

Marine Resource Economics

Eskander, S. and C. Xu (**).