Antoine Dechezleprêtre is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow and Head of the Energy, Technology and Trade research programme at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics. His work deals principally with the impact of environmental and climate change policies on businesses, in particular on the development and the international diffusion of clean technologies. His research has been published in international scientific journals in the field of applied microeconomics, environmental economics and energy economics. He has worked as an external consultant for the OECD Environment Directorate, the UK Climate Change Committee, the French Environment Protection Agency (ADEME), ICTSD and the European Patent Office. He holds a PhD in economics from Ecole des Mines de Paris (France).