James is a Principal Consultant within the Environmental Policy & Economics team and joined the company in 2023.
James is an environmental economist with over 7 years experience working on projects relating to environmental policy across multiple sectors in the UK, EU and globally, and involving a range of skills including economic models, policy evaluation and assessment, stakeholder engagement and hosting of workshops. James has managed and delivered a range of projects for the European Commission particularly in the area of industrial emissions, including managing the project Impact of the biogas plants and of gasification, liquefaction and pyrolysis of wastes on the environment for DG Environment, and the impact assessment for the Fuel Quality Directive (Technical assessment of transport fuel quality parameters). He also managed the Study supporting EU green investment needs analysis for DG Environment. He has also managed and delivered projects for a range of other clients including the Irish EPA and Natural Resources Wales, and the Asian Development Bank.
I had full confidence in Prof Laxen and his team right from the outset in their ability to deliver what we needed in the required timescale.
Band Hatton LLP
Development of a strategy for the review of the chemical BREFs series.
To provide an evaluation of Member States’ NAPCP submissions under the revised National Emission Ceilings Directive and key recommendations for Member States and the European Commission.
Contribute to the understanding of the technical issues surrounding the use of the precautionary principle in chemical risk management.
This study conducted an economic evaluation of two nature-based wellbeing initiatives in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
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