Joana Setzer

Joana Setzer, a regular speaker at both academic and non-academic events, is an Associate Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. She has over 20 years of experience in environmental and climate law.  

Her main areas of expertise are climate litigation and global environmental governance. After involvement since 2013, she now leads the Climate Change Laws of the World project – the most comprehensive global resource on climate policy and legislation - since 2020.  

Joana was a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow. She holds a PhD and an MSc in Environment and Development from LSE, a Masters in Environmental Science from the University of Sao Paulo, and a BA in Law from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo. Prior to joining LSE, she worked as an environmental lawyer in Brazil.  

Joana is a frequent speaker at academic and non-academic events, and a regular source for media outlets. She regularly advises a range of international, governments and non-governmental organisations and has served as a Contributing Author for Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Review (IPCC AR6).