Economic analysis and climate finance

Iryna is a Principal Economist at Ricardo Energy & Environment, with over 10 years of experience in policy analysis and research. Before joining Ricardo, she has been leading policy-oriented economic analysis in the fields of Energy and Climate at KPMG Spain and Chilean Ministry of Energy.

Iryna has been advising governments and private sector clients on the economic considerations related to environmental policy, and throughout her career has accumulated extensive experience at the European Union level, across Member States and in Latin America. 

Iryna holds a PhD in Economics and, in addition to her policy work, is involved in research and teaching activities.

Dan Forster has over ten year's experience of policy evaluation and environmental economic appraisal, with a particular focus on the energy and environmental sectors. His expertise includes external costs assessment, life cycle analysis, policy appraisal, cost-benefit analysis, and evaluation.

Dan has led major studies for the UK Government and private sector covering the wider consideration of environmental, social and economic effects. He has particular expertise in climate change mitigation polices. This includes research to determine the optimal level of abatement (e.g. analysis of the social cost of carbon, and research on marginal abatement cost curves), but also applied consultancy to develop and implement guidelines for GHG policy appraisal.