Franck LECOCQ

Franck LECOCQ is a Professor of Economics at AgroParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences) and serves as Director of the CIRED (International Centre for Research on the Environment and Development). His research focuses on climate change economics, infrastructure in climate policies, sustainable development, and forest-carbon dynamics. Previously, he held roles as Deputy Director of the Forest Economics Laboratory (INRA/AgroParisTech) and as an economist at the World Bank’s Development Economics Department. He earned a PhD in Economics from AgroParisTech.

Affiliations:

• Member of the French Ministry’s Economic Council for Sustainable Development
• Lead Author of the IPCC’s 4th and 5th Assessment Reports

Research Interests:

• Economic impacts of climate policies
• Climate change adaptation strategies
• Integration of environmental and economic models

Notable Activities:

• Contributes to the IMACLIM Network, analyzing energy transition policies
• Participates in CIRED’s 50th-anniversary initiatives