Alex Bowen
Background
Before joining the London School of Economics and Political Science, Alex worked at the Bank of England, most recently as a Senior Policy Adviser. Alex’s current research interests were stimulated by his sabbatical year away from the Bank working as senior economic adviser to ‘The Economics of Climate Change: the Stern Review’.
Alex has been working recently with the OECD on inclusive labour markets and green growth and also on the impact of the environment on long-run productivity growth. Dr Bowen has also been a consultant to the World Bank, EBRD, Asian Development Bank Institute, UK DFID and UK DECC.
Alex graduated in economics from Clare College, Cambridge, and received a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied as a Kennedy Scholar.
Research interests
- The macroeconomic aspects of climate-change and other environmental policies
- The labour-market aspects of climate-change and other environmental policies
- ‘Green’ growth
- The design of policy regimes for tackling harmful climate change
- Climate finance
Prospective PhD students
Alex welcomes applications from prospective PhD students with a background in economics who have an interest in the macroeconomic and/or labour-market aspects of climate-change, green-growth and other environmental policies.
– Visit the ‘Study with us’ page for further information on applying to be a PhD student with us.
Research articles
- ‘Climate value at risk’ of global financial assets
4 Apr 2016. Simon Dietz, Alex Bowen, Charlie Dixon, Philip Gradwell - An ‘equal effort’ approach to assessing the North–South climate finance gap
12 Oct 2015. Alex Bowen, Emanuele Campiglio, Sara Herreras Martinez - Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models
16 Dec 2014. Alex Bowen, Emanuele Campiglio - Green growth: an assessment
18 Nov 2014. Alex Bowen, Cameron Hepburn - A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge
18 Mar 2014. Alex Bowen, Emanuele Campiglio - Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation
12 Oct 2013. Sam Fankhauser, Alex Bowen, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Misato Sato - Prosperity with Growth: Economic Growth, Climate Change and Environmental Limits
1 Mar 2013. Alex Bowen, Cameron Hepburn - ‘Green growth’: what does it mean?
20 Dec 2012. Alex Bowen - The green growth narrative: paradigm shift or just spin?
20 Oct 2011. Alex Bowen, Sam Fankhauser - Raising finance to support developing country action: some economic considerations
20 Jun 2011. Alex Bowen - Low-carbon development for the least developed countries
20 Jan 2011. Alex Bowen, Sam Fankhauser - Environmental policy and the economic downturn
18 Mar 2010. Alex Bowen, Nicholas Stern
Books
- Trends in climate change legislation
1 Jan 2018 - Green growth
11 Nov 2014 - The Global Development of Policy Regimes to Combat Climate Change
23 May 2014 - Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asia: Policies and Practices
27 Jan 2013
Working papers
- The ‘optimal and equitable’ climate finance gap
16 Mar 2015 - A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge
1 Aug 2013 - Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation
1 Nov 2012 - Prosperity with growth: economic growth, climate change and environmental limits
1 Nov 2012 - ‘Green’ growth, ‘green’ jobs and labour markets
1 Apr 2012 - Raising finance to support developing country action: some economic considerations
1 Jan 2011 - Environment policy and the economic downturn
22 Jan 2010
Policy publications
- Delivering strong and sustainable growth in the UK: A special decade for innovation and investment
Policy publications, 4 Mar 2020 - Consultation response: ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’
Policy publications, 24 Apr 2017 - The effects of climate change on financial stability, with particular reference to Sweden
Policy publications, 26 Feb 2016 - The US and Action on Climate Change
Policy publications, 1 May 2014 - Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK
Policy publications, 4 Nov 2013 - The case for and against onshore wind energy in the UK
Policy publications, 1 Jun 2012 - The case for carbon pricing
Policy publications, 1 Dec 2011 - Written evidence on the Green Economy submitted to the Environmental Audit Committee by the Grantham
Policy publications, 25 Aug 2011 - Climate change policy in the United Kingdom
Policy publications, 1 Aug 2011 - Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: is it possible to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C?
Policy publications, 1 Aug 2010 - Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the science and economics of future paths for global annual emissions
Policy publications, 1 Dec 2009 - The implications of the economic slowdown for greenhouse gas emissions and targets
Policy publications, 1 Oct 2009 - Meeting the Climate Challenge: Using Public Funds to Leverage Private Investment in Developing Countries
Policy publications, 22 Sep 2009 - An outline of the case for a ‘green’ stimulus
Policy publications, 1 Feb 2009
- ‘Net-zero’: bad for UK jobs?
15 Jan 2021 - Sovereign funds ignore climate risk (on next.ft.com)
1 May 2016 - The Data Says Climate Change Could Cost Investors Trillions
14 Apr 2016 - Global warming risks trillions: Study
5 Apr 2016 - Climate change could cost the world £1.8tn if left unchecked
5 Apr 2016 - Climate change puts trillions of dollars of financial assets at risk: study
4 Apr 2016 - The $100 Billion Key to a Global Deal at UN Climate Change Talks (on www.bloomberg.com)
3 Dec 2015 - A cost-effective balance between taxes on fossil fuel pollution and support for cleaner alternatives
29 Jul 2015 - ‘Green’ growth, ‘green’ jobs and labor markets
16 Apr 2012 - Putting the case forward
28 Feb 2012 - Green growth: paradigm shift or just spin?
26 Aug 2011 - Climate pragmatism or climate illusion?
3 Aug 2011 - Why the EU should be cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020
4 Jul 2011 - Why the EU should be cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020
4 Jul 2011 - Grantham staff contribute to OECD’s Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2011
16 Mar 2011 - Temperature goals heat China climate talks
5 Oct 2010 - Joint Critique of Bjørn Lomborg’s Pronouncements on Climate Change
2 Sep 2010 - Still wary of Bjørn Lomborg’s pronouncements on climate change
2 Sep 2010