Nicolas Lippolis is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia Climate School, as well as a Non-resident Scholar in the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His current research examines how countries in Africa and Latin America navigate financial constraints and a decarbonizing global economy to chart strategies for energy transitions. He has taught at Oxford, Sciences Po Paris, and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has also consulted with the World Bank and previously worked in emerging markets macroeconomic research at Goldman Sachs in London. Nicolas holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, an M.Sc. in Economics for Development, and a D.Phil. in Politics, all from the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. He is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.