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Leo Mercer

Policy Analyst, LSE

Leo Mercer

Leo works on a variety of UK net-zero policy areas, including carbon pricing, just transition, the voluntary carbon market and decarbonisation of the land use sector.

Background

Leo has a background in environmental science and geography and completed a PhD in Environmental Studies at Victoria University of Wellington in 2020. His thesis explored the role of carbon forestry, registered under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, as a land development option for Māori landowners. Subsequent to this, he was employed as a policy analyst at the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries on a work programme to develop an agricultural emissions pricing mechanism to support New Zealand farmers and growers to reduce emissions in line with statutory obligations.

Research interests

  • Decarbonisation pathways for the UK land use sector
  • The voluntary carbon market
  • Nature and technology based greenhouse gas removal approaches and associated MRV frameworks
  • Distributional impacts of carbon pricing