Lilia Caiado Couto
Research Fellow, Global Economy and Finance Programme
Biography
Lilia Caiado Couto is a research fellow at Chatham House’s Global Economy and Finance Programme and a PhD Candidate at University College London.
Lilia served as a contributing author and chapter scientist for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. She holds a BSc in Economics and a MSc in Energy Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
She previously worked as a researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research, as a consultant of the United Nations Environmental Programme, and as an advisor for climate change, energy and sustainable finance at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Brazil.
Lilia has worked as a freelance economist at Vivid Economics since 2017, performing analytical work in global projects about energy and GHG emissions regulations. Lilia’s research interests are the economics of energy transition and climate policy.
Past experience
| 2019-22 | Contributing Author and Chapter Scientist, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
| 2018-22 | PhD Candidate, University College London |
| 2017-20 | Freelance economist, Vivid Economics |
| 2017 | Research associate, Institute for Applied Economic Research |
| 2015-17 | Advisor, World Business Council for Sustainable Development Brazil |
| 2014-16 | Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme |
| 2010-13 | Research assistant, Institute for Applied Economic Research |
