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Sejal Patel

Researcher, Shaping Sustainable Markets and Climate Change

Sejal Patel is an environmental economist with experience in public policy analysis, climate finance and governance, and climate-resilient development. Her work focuses on international, national and local level climate policy responses and resourcing.
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Expertise

Climate finance; policy and governance; energy policy; adaptation and mitigation responses for climate-resilient development; economics of climate change. Experience in Kenya, China, India, Chile and Morocco.

Before IIED

Research officer, Climate and Energy Policy Team, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Education

MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, LSE;

BSc Economics and Geography, UCL

Current work

Political economy assessments of adaptation interventions; analysis of climate policies and financing under the UNFCCC framework and the Sustainable Development Goals; supporting the development of innovative financing for promoting local action on climate change; and working with the Least Developed Countries Group to support their LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience.

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Telephone: 
+44 (0) 20 3436 2406
Email: 
sejal.patel@iied.org
Twitter: @sejipatel
Languages: English, Gujarati, Hindi (intermediate), Spanish (intermediate),

Latest publications

Financing an inclusive, green recovery in Least Developed Countries: debt instruments for climate and nature

Creating a Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) at the IMF: How to Support Climate-vulnerable Countries

Financement innovant pour l'Afrique: exploiter la dette en faveur du climat et de la nature

Innovative financing for Africa: harnessing debt for climate and nature

Sustainable financing of The Gambia’s development in a COVID-19 era

Key performance indicators for climate and nature outcomes in debt management in West Africa

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Sejal Patel's blog posts

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Message to the Green Climate Fund board: step up finance access for the most vulnerable

Blog, Mar 2021
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The Green Climate Fund: time to shift focus to locally led adaptation

Blog, Aug 2020
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COP25 policy and activism: we deserved better

Blog, Jan 2020
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50 years linking local to global

Find out more about IIED’s plans in our 50th birthday year: our achievements and what comes next…

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