LGIM Blog – Justine Schafer, Climate Economist

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Justine Schafer

As part of LGIM's Climate Solutions team, Justine heads the modelling of climate scenarios, temperature alignment and climate risk. She joined LGIM in 2021 from Vivid Economics, a consultancy focused on ‘putting economics to good use’, where she worked on quantifying the risks and opportunities from climate change for the financial and resource-extraction sectors. Justine graduated from McGill University with a BA in Economics and Finance and from the London School of Economics with an MSc in Economics.

Other articles by Justine Schafer

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The time value of decarbonisation

How much should we care about when companies decarbonise?

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The changing nature of commodities

To successfully decarbonise the economy, we need to change the commodities we consume.

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Our view on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which makes for sobering reading.

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