About Luis Fernández Intriago

Luis Fernández Intriago

Senior Economist

Work

Areas of expertise:

Carbon pricing, just transition, environmental policy and labor markets, CGE, CBAM, international climate cooperation, superpollutants, climate migration

Description

Luis Fernandez Intriago is a Senior Economist on EDF’s Economics team, where he focuses on understanding how climate and environmental policies affect labor markets, unemployment and the macroeconomy. He is interested in ensuring that the energy transition is just, and works on finding ways to generate international climate cooperation. Most recently, he's started to work on understanding the effects of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in India. He also leads research on superpollutants, emissions pricing and climate migration.

Background

Prior to joining EDF, Luis was a postdoctoral fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF). He also worked as a policy advisor at the Mexican Ministry of Finance (SHCP) before starting his graduate education.

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Arizona State University, 2019

M.S., Economics, Arizona State University, 2017

B.A., Economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, 2014