Nadia Ameli is a Full Professor of Climate Finance and Research Director at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. She is a Lead Author for the Mitigation Finance chapter of the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), contributing to Working Group III’s assessment of the role of finance in enabling climate change mitigation.
Her research examines the economic, financial and policy dimensions of climate change, focusing on mobilising capital for the global low-carbon transition, particularly in emerging and developing economies. Drawing on systemic and complexity-based approaches, she investigates how risks, market structures and policy conditions interact to shape investment decisions across countries and market contexts. A central theme of her work is understanding why capital flows remain uneven, how financing costs and risk perceptions constrain investment, and how policy and financial interventions can expand the range of opportunities considered investible.
Since 2024, she has led the Economics and Finance Working Group of the Lancet Countdown, advancing global evidence on the economic and financial implications of climate change and its impacts on health. She also serves on the Academic Board of the Cambridge 1.5°C-Aligned Corporate Bond Index, which seeks to shift capital away from fossil fuel expansion and towards real-economy emissions reductions by targeting fossil fuel producers, utilities, insurers and financiers.
Nadia’s work bridges academic research, policy and practice, bringing research insights into policymaking and drawing on practical experience to inform academic inquiry. Her research has supported the work of international organisations, including the OECD, the IMF and the World Bank. She contributes to wider public and policy debates through opinion pieces and media engagement, with her work featured in Sustainable Views, The Banker, Bloomberg and Forbes.
