Scholars
Igor Shishlov
Perspectives Climate Research
Based in
France
Europe
Igor Shishlov is the Head of Climate Finance at Perspectives Climate Research, a German climate policy think-tank. Igor leads a team of experts working on advisory and research projects focused on aligning public and private finance flows with the Paris Agreement. Before joining Perspectives, Igor worked for I4CE – Institute for Climate Economics, a Paris-based think-tank, where he conducted original research on international climate policies and carbon accounting. Igor is also the Executive Director of the Climate and Business Certificate program at HEC Paris, where he has been teaching Climate Change Economics and Policy since 2016. Igor holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from Paris-Saclay University, an MSc in Sustainable Development from HEC Paris.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Morocco Tunisia VietnamFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Net Zero Fossil fuels Renewable energyPublications
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Censkowsky, Philipp; Waidelich, Paul; Shishlov, Igor; Steffen, Bjarne (2025): Quantifying the shift of public export finance from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Nature Communications
Stringer, Lindsay; Dhakal, Shobhakar; Milkoreit, Manjana; Mendoza, Carlon; Mukherji, Aditi; Shishlov, Igor; Fisher, Susannah; Simpson, Nicholas; Schleussner, Carl-Freirich (2023): Ratcheting up effectiveness to improve the Global Stocktake process. One Earth Voices, 6-9, 1069-1073
Shishlov, Igor; Philipp Censkowsky (2022): Definitions and accounting for climate finance: between divergence and constructive ambiguity. Climate Policy, 22:6, 798-816
Michaelowa, Axel; Michaelowa, Katharina; Shishlov, Igor; Brescia, Dario (2021): Catalyzing public and private action for climate change mitigation: The World Bank’s role in carbon markets. Climate Policy, 21:21, 120-132
Michaelowa, Katharina; Michaelowa, Axel; Reinsberg, Bernhard; Shishlov, Igor (2020): Do Multilateral Development Bank Trust Funds Allocate Climate Finance Efficiently? Sustainability 2020, 12(14), 5529
Michaelowa, Axel; Shishlov, Igor; Brescia, Dario (2019): Evolution of international carbon markets: lessons for the Paris Agreement. WIREs Climate Change.
Bellassen, Valentin; Shishlov, Igor (2017): Pricing monitoring uncertainty in climate policy. Environmental and Resource Economics, 68:4, 949-974
Shishlov, Igor; Morel, Romain; Bellassen, Valentin (2016): Compliance of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in the first commitment period. Climate Policy, 16:6, 768-782
Shishlov, Igor; Bellassen, Valentin (2015): Review of experience with monitoring uncertainty in the Clean Development Mechanism. Climate Policy, 16:6, 703-731
Bellassen, Valentin; Stephan, Nicolas; Afriat, Marion; Alberola, Emilie; Barker, Alexandra; Chang, Jean-Pierre; Chiquet, Caspar; Cochran, Ian; Deheza, Mariana; Dimopoulos, Christopher; Foucherot, Claudine; Jacquier, Guillaume; Morel, Romain; Robinson, Roderick; Shishlov, Igor (2015): Monitoring, reporting and verifying emissions in the climate economy. Nature Climate Change, 5, 319–328
BOOK CHAPTERS
Shishlov, Igor (2024): The Colour Fools: Communicating Sustainability Through Music. In B. Bernard-Rau (ed). Sustainability Stories: the Power of Narratives to Understand Global Challenges. Springer
Shishlov, Igor; Philipp Censkowsky (2022): Same but different? Understanding divergent definitions of and views on climate finance. In A. Michaelowa & A. Weber (Eds.). Handbook of International Climate Finance. Edward Elgar Publishing
Michaelowa, Axel; Shishlov, Igor (2021): Reverse auctions in the context of setting carbon prices in Peru (in Spanish: Subastas inversas en el contexto de la fijación de precios del carbono en Perú). In Suarez de Freitas et al. (2021). El futuro de los bosques en el Perú. Lima: Comisión Especial de Cambio Climático del Congreso de la República
Shishlov, Igor (2015): Trendsetter for projects: The Clean Development Mechanism. In V. Bellassen & N. Stephan (Eds.), Accounting for Carbon: Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Emissions in the Climate Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press