Consultant, Carbon Pricing and Green Transition Study

About the role

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is seeking a specialized consultant to carry out a study titled "Carbon Pricing: How Carbon Revenues Can Finance Green Transition in Africa". The study supports the Africa High-level Working Group on the Global Financial Architecture (HLWG-GFA), coordinated by ECA, and is home-based, with an expected duration of five months.

Key responsibilities

• Assess carbon pricing mechanisms and their contribution to trade optimization and decarbonization using dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling, simulating low, medium and high carbon price scenarios
• Analyse how carbon pricing revenues can fund a green transition, including case studies of successful use of such revenues
• Map carbon pricing instruments and fossil fuel subsidy models across African countries, and assess the institutional, administrative and MERV capacity needed to run them
• Identify mechanisms accepting international Article 6 credits and those using domestic credits, and map Article 6 activity in Africa
• Assess border carbon adjustment measures, such as the EU CBAM, and quantify revenue that could be retained domestically
• Set out political economy and sequencing considerations and propose an implementation pathway by country type
• Map regional initiatives to harmonize environmental quality requirements and carbon credits
• Develop a technical study and policy brief for African finance ministries and policymakers, and support the HLWG-GFA secretariat with briefing materials and presentations
• Submit monthly progress updates

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master's) in Economics, Finance, Environmental Economics or a related field, or a first-level degree plus two years of relevant experience
• PhD desirable
• At least 15 years of progressively responsible experience in macroeconomic policy, economic research, forecasting and development programmes
• Experience in developing countries and in policy advisory roles for inter-governmental, government or regional institutions
• Fluency in English; working knowledge of French desirable

Required skills

• Demonstrated experience building, calibrating and running dynamic CGE models, with at least two completed applications, in GAMS, GEMPACK or an equivalent, and familiarity with GTAP or comparable social accounting matrices
• Substantial experience in carbon markets and carbon pricing mechanisms
• Ability to produce high-quality, policy-relevant reports on economic and climate issues