Marco Sakai

Postgraduate Student

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 35576
Email address: ee08masd@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 9.125

Biography

Marco was awarded a BSc in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM). He later obtained an MSc in Ecological Economics (distinction) from the University of Leeds, and is currently a PhD researcher at the Sustainability Research Institute and an affiliate researcher at the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). Before coming to the UK, he worked for several years in the private sector and in the Ministry of Finance (Mexico), while teaching undergraduate courses at UNAM. He has also worked in the Stockholm Environment Institute in York.

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Qualifications

BSc in Economics from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
MSc in Ecological Economics (distinction) from the University of Leeds

Research Interests

Ecological and environmental economics, macroeconomics, development economics, climate change, international trade, econometric modelling, CGE modelling, multi-regional input-output analysis.

Teaching Interests

SOEE5580M T&T: Ecological Economics Modelling
SOEE5591M Environmental Project/Policy Evaluation

Project details

Project title

How Climate Change Mitigation in Rich Countries Might Impact Poorer Nations?

Supervisors

Prof. John Barrett, Dr Tim Foxon and Dr Klaus Hubacek(University of Maryland)

Funding

Conacyt and the University of Leeds
Start Date: November 2009

Project outline

Consumption expenditure has increased almost threefold during the last four decades in high-income countries. A significant consequence derived from overconsumption has been a continuous increase in the atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases. If the average global temperature is wished to be stabilised so as to avoid dangerous climate change in the long-run, it is necessary to invest more on cleaner and more efficient technologies, and it is also critical to start modifying consumption patterns. However, in this globalised world changes/reductions in consumption in the global North could bring negative consequences to some poor countries that rely on exporting commodities and other manufactured goods. The consequences of altering consumption patterns should thus be examined carefully, so as to avoid negative impacts on the developing South through international trade.

Publications

• Sakai, M. (2012) Sustainability: Limit consumption to preserve habitats, Nature 486, 473 (28 June 2012), doi:10.1038/486473d
• Gore, C., Lebale, N., Osakwe, P., Bineswaree, A., Sakai. M. (2012) Economic Development in Africa Report 2012: Structural Transformation, Decoupling and Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
• Barrett, J., Vanner, R., Sakai, M., Owen, A. (2011) GHG Emissions Embodied in Trade, Centre for Low Carbon Futures, UK.
• Barrett, J., Owen, A., Sakai, M. (2011) UK Consumption Emissions by Sector and Origin, Report to the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by the University of Leeds, London: DEFRA.
• Sakai, M. and Hubacek, K. (forthcoming) The Consumption-Based Carbon Kuznets Curve, Ecological Economics.

Talks and Conferences

• The other side of the coin: How might climate change mitigation in rich countries impact poorer nations?, World Resources Forum, 19 to 21 September, 2011, Davos, Switzerland.
• Workshop 10: Global Issues, The Steady-State Economy Conference , The Rose Bowl, Leeds, 19 June 2010.
• How reductions in consumption-induced emissions in the North would affect development in the South? Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy PhD Symposium, LSE, London, 15 September 2010.