Dr Jean-Francois Mercure is Associate Professor in Climate Policy at the University of Exeter Business School (Finance & Accounting) and assistant director of Exeter's Global Systems Institute. During 2022-2024, he was Senior Climate Economist at the World Bank. He is also Principal Economist at Cambridge Econometrics and Chief Economist at the startup TREX, and remains part-time consultant for the World Bank. His work focuses on research, application and communication on the economics of low-carbon transitions. Prior to 2022, he was faculty member of Exeter's Geography department.