Frank Venmans' research spans integrated assessment modelling, carbon markets, discounting, and policy evaluation. Before joining Grantham full time in 2020, he was Associate Professor in microeconomics and environmental economics at the University of Mons, where he completed his PhD on the European carbon market. He has been President of the Walloon Expert Committee on Climate for five years, advising the regional government on its 2030 emissions reduction targets. At CaR, Frank leads portfolio-level risk modelling.

"Optimal climate policy will require large-scale carbon removal. The right balance between nature-based solutions and geological storage is an empirical question - and measuring risk is key to answering it. I specialise in stochastic integrated assessment models and am glad my expertise can support the practitioners developing, insuring, and financing projects in the field."