The Associate Vice President – Economics and Policy Analysis will play a key role in the leadership of the Economics and Global Climate Policy group including co-leading a new Greenhouse Gas Pricing Center of Excellence, and report to Chief Economist Suzi Kerr. They will lead a team of PhD economists and partner with EDF teams and external partners working to:

• Effectively and equitably use pricing mechanisms to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the world is on a pathway to meet global temperature goals
• Develop strategic directions based on solid economic theory and evidence
• Mobilize excellent academic economists to address unresolved issues of policy design and to provide evidence to assess potential policy and interventions and evaluate existing efforts
• Provide empirical evidence to support policy advocacy including legal efforts
• Support policy simulation models to assess, support and evaluate interventions
• Contribute to EDF thinking on policies and actions to promote equity and on integration of economics with diverse other types of knowledge
• Provide advice on specific policy issues to support advocacy in timely way
• Engage effectively with, and communicate key messages on economics and policy to, non-specialists